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There most definitely should be laws against cruelty to animals. Animals are God's creatures just as we are. They deserve to be treated in a humane way.

Do you think that someone who sets a cat on fire or who ties a dog to a tree and leaves it there to starve to death should get off without punishment? If you do, I pity you.

The punishment should be social, not legal punishment.

Whatever happened to "shunnings"?

Is it right by animals to allow some to be "protected" because they are called "pets" while others are slaughtered or gassed by local shelters and that isn't called "abuse"? How about animals killed simply for meat? Did they not have a right to live? Who were you to kill that innocent animal?

Do you see the problem? There is no way to make this consistent in law.

So all animals should, especially if owned, be allowed to be killed in whatever way the owner deems fit. If the owner is Vietnamese and they own a dog, let them slaughter it.

Just because it offends your sensibilities doesn't mean it shouldn't be legal. There are plenty of things with which I disagree that should remain legal, too.