I try not to post when I see remarks that make my hair stand up...but couldn't resist on this one. I'm sorry for your loss of a beloved pet. No animal should suffer, be abused or disrespected by a human. Most of them are so loving and trusting. It's easy to point a finger and say one should have done this and one should have done that. I have 2 cats myself who are inside cats, but even they make a b-line for the door and get out. I would be beyond myself if one of those times, someone decided to poison them just because they were annoyed or didn't like the animal. If thats the case we should be allowed to poison a human that annoys us. Hopefully the person who did that to your animal will be caught so he doesn't do it again or possibly its a sign how he or she mistreats all living things. Maybe he is abusive in other ways, family, children, co workers. If that behaviour is acceptable to him I'm sure other violent or inhumane actions are in his portfolio of justification. For those of you who think its okay to take the life of an animal just because the animal didn't follow rules ...I feel sorry for you that you are so inside your little manmade box.