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A week or so ago, i witnessed something awful. I live in a village where most of the houses are placed in such a way that they are quite close to each other. Our neighbor breeds dogs. Pittbull, specifically. It's really noisy around their place 'coz of these dogs. And pittbulls are usuallly big and scary, which is quite dangerous for the kids and toddlers around the village. It really doesnt bother me that much (the noise and all),butu i witnessed something that really bothered me. Being in a third world country, stray animals are quite common in our place. Especially in our village where there are atrounf 20 or so stray cats. We have adopted two adult cats who just come over when it's mealtime. And about 7 months ago, i rescued a kitten from our drainage and now she lives inside our house. I was feeding our 2 adopted adult cats when it happened. A stray cat happend to get into the neighbors' (the ones with the pittbull) front lawn and, like most stary cats, tried to steal some food from the dog's dish. The Pittbull suddenly came running and, unfortunately, caught the cat and bit it! the dog was so big and strong that the poor cat couldnt run fast enough. The dog would let go of the cat even tho' our neighbor tried to shoo it away. The dog ket biting and pounding the cat until it stopped moving. It was a scary sight. The dog was mercilessly ripping the cat to peices. It was awful. Even tho' it was a stray cat, i dont think it deserved such a vicious death. The next day, it happened again. Only this time, it wasnt a stray cat, but i small kitten owned by one of our other neighbors. It's awful how the dog bit tthe litle thing. Made me wonder if the big dog would hesitate attacking a small child or toddler if ever it gets out of the neighbor's house. Do you it's ok for dogs to be this vicious? Or is it the owner's responsibility to try to tame their dogs/pets?