How would you react if someone told you they killed a cat to get rid of it?

She did in the legal definition of the word. What she described would be categorized as animal abuse in most (if not all) western countries, and so I assume in Canada as well

@NS2D The legal definitions are rather convenient, they often don't categorize poor keeping conditions as abuse, in favor of the animal farming industry.

Same with certain practices during the slaughtering process, but if the animals are eaten, the majority seems to willing accept all this as a necessary evil, and shape the law accordingly.

Not react to it. Even though I like cats people tend to say these things to get a reaction out of you, because the majority of the world is in a reactionary state. Even if it really did happen, you can't control people's actions or opinions. It is important to not take things too seriously or too personally, since people do stupid things and say stupid stuff everyday, because they are not aware of the internal suffering they pent up inside them.

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Are you going to be the new LLM that posts now since Desumaiden is gone?

He once did it, is not like he did it last friday, and it is not like he is going to repeat this. Should this secret spoil both the cat and the human life? Poor cat, why didn't they just try to find it a new home. This was not much different from people who leave their dogs at forest.

Gossiping about him is a shit solution. Let him go around sharing his secrets himself. Who knows what other cat in a bag coworkers keep? Who knows what more you might listen if you don't get flagged as a snitch? If he did that to a cat his gf found a nuisance, what he might do to her, who threatens his carreer?

I have been in a situation of the sort.Was walking down one of the streets here,some junkie and 2 of his friends had this amazing idea to kick a kitty.I just saw red and went for him,at that moment I legit didn't give a fuck whether I'd kill him or not,after a pretty brutal fight we were all arrested and sent to the hospital before formal processing,the person in question had 2 broken ribs and a broken mandibulae,other 2 had minor injuries,I had a broken nose and some bruises.There was some back and fourth threats of suing mainly from their camp but overall after their drug tests came back and 1 had a warrant out they backed out of that.The important thing is that the kitty survived and I am hoping that it's living a healthy life to this day.

More proof that people who own pets are uncivilized. A civilized person would have used a gun instead.

The question doesn't mention abuse though, just killing. I suppose you don't want all animal killers locked up? That would imply all humans would have to stop eating meat.

@qasdrtfgbhtghnm You're a long way from your goal if you're trying to convince anyone you're the civilized one.🤭

@Zarutaku He's obviously talking about what I mentioned in my OP and not the title alone. Now it just sounds like you're baiting him. Sure, it's legal to euthanize a cat to get rid of it (I'm still going to judge you for it anyway, though). But here we were talking about how someone who voluntarily made them suffer in order to kill them. Unless you're saying one big cable tie around around your neck would be a peaceful way to kill you?

The title question is insufficient, it should say "killed painfully"

Well, it's not like he shared all that out of the blue either. They were doing small talk and mentioned how owning cats can be trouble (because he still has cats, two of them!) and my family member said he was still free to find them better homes if he didn't feel like having cats anymore. And it was from that point that he began to tell the tale of how he once got rid of a cat. The strangest thing is that it seemed like he somehow didn’t expect this revelation to create any awkwardness like it was a totally normal thing to do.