I like cats. But... There's been quite a few times in my life when I had to put some poor animal out of its misery when it had run afoul of some piece of man-made equipment. It's not a pleasant thing to have to do but you gotta do it.
A family hit a deer once in their car and stood there watching it thrash about with a broke back. Poor critter was trying to run away on its front two legs. I stopped my car, took the .38 from under my seat and dispatched it even as one of the kids was saying 'Please Daddy, don't let him kill the deer!'.
I come across a pigeon on a city street once who had been hit by a car. He was screwed up but still flapping around in the middle of the road and its mate was trying to stay with it even though cars were driving past. I walked out and stepped on its head (much to the horror of many bystanders) and then picked it up and placed it on the sidewalk so its mate could mourn over it without getting run over itself.
I don't think this guy should be put in jail at all. He probably could've done a more efficient job but just damn. You can't be putting somebody in jail for trying to put an animal out of its misery.
Agreed. In reading the thread it's apparent that we certainly have, er, diversity at FR.
Here is an interesting article for those who don`t think animals feel pain.
http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/en/pain/microsite/culture2.html