i won't get into what people do to animals, both kids and adults... it is disgusting how some people treat them, like they don't have feelings or feel pain. I think it comes from an inherent lack of compassion, lack of making the emotional connection with another creature.... sometimes it can be overcome for some kids, sometimes it cannot and they require allot of therapy.
I am TRULY glad that you were there to give this little cat some kindness and love and give it some dignity in the last hours of it's life.... i hold you in high esteem for doing that, your actions speak loudly for what a kind person you are... it warms me to know that for every cruel person, there is a person like you who knows how to show compassion and acts in kindess...
Sweetpea