http://ktla.com/2016/12/25/riversid...t-bulls-throat-after-dog-attacked-his-poodle/
Woman came out of her house to find her pit bull attacking her neighbor's poodle puppy. People tried to get the pit bull off the puppy, but weren't able to before it killed the puppy. Puppy's owner then grabs pit bull, drags it into his house and slits its throat, according to pit bull owner. He's then arrested for felony animal cruelty.
Ya it's pretty fucked up to kill a dog like that, especially someone else's. At the same time though, if a dog were to kill one of my cats in front of me, there's about 99.9% chance I'm gonna do whatever I can to snuff the life out of that thing.
Not to mention wouldn't the dog be put down anyway? I can see fining the guy but a felony seems a bit extreme given the circumstances.