Well at least he did it with the best interests of the animal in mind? I mean its not like he shot it for the hell of it, you know? And it was probably hard for him to do it. I can understand not having money, but kittycats_delight is correct -- SOME places will do it for free, but not all. I know some in my area are too money hungry and probably wouldn't have... in which case, if I were in that situation I would probably bring my pet to the shelter and tell them I found a stray, OR I would just call the ASPCA to pick it up and say it was a stray... then again, this is all only if I didn't have money to do it and the shelter wouldn't do it for free. Even if it WAS the best thing to do, I couldn't bring myself to take a gun to any of my pets, whether they were suffering or not. It must have been very hard for him.