my dog is part of my family and you better believe I will kill for my family... I live out in the country and if another animal decides to attack my dog, I'm getting out the gun. It it partially emotional, just like that dog standing in between the boy and the cat.
Maybe I'm a dick, but saying that cat didn't deserve to die is the stupidest fucking thing I've heard in a long time. If they didn't kill the cat, it would have tried to attack another human again... you still think that cat's life is more important than a little kid?