You people are to uptight sometimes, it was a fucking cat!! The kid said he was sorry!! End of story...while I can't say I would have done it, I can see where the idea would form....
In the end, no one was hurt (humans) so we ought to just let it go...we do not arrest people who let their cats run all over and that cat gets eaten....
Besides, if the cat couldn't get away from a gator, it probably wasn't worth much anyway
kidding!