If it was someone’s pet they should have kept it in their house or on their property.
What really disturbs me are people who get more exercised over a cat shot with a bow than the suffering of people in (fill in the blank).
To wit, your civil and thoughtful response.
Why are you flipping out and getting nasty? Because an animal was killed or because it might have been someone’s pet?
If the former you live in a fantasy world. If the latter - well people need to control their pets. Because if they are irresponsible and let them wander onto other people’s property they might get shot. And possibly eaten (oh the horror).
And yes, that last sentence was gratuitous provocation...
I have pets. I love my pets. But you pet nuts need to go live in the third world for a couple of years and develop some perspective.
You know the really interesting thing I find is that when we read a story about “youths” fighting in the mall or “youths” playing the knock out game or other similar idiocy, they are frequently referred to here as “ferals” with a comment along the lines of feral youth needing to be put down. We all know what the intent of that kind of comment. Rarely does anyone fret about it. Now, when an actual feral animal, or reasonably thought to be feral because it had no tag or collar, is killed people are going nuts.