TJR, I see your point. But, I still maintain that because the cat was his girlfriends pet is, in my opinion, what made a big difference. If the cat was a stray, and he was truely going to eat it and humanely killed it, that is a different story. Because the guy diliberately killed his girlfriends cat, probably because he was P.O.'d at her to show his superiority and to control her makes all the difference in the world. Do you see my point? The guy is an A.H. and deserves what he got.