Humans do not own cats. It's the other way around. If very sick people want to murder cats, its no different than murdering any thing else that you are not going to eat. Cats are nearly perfect predators and warriors. So perfect that they can adapt to almost any climate, where they become a pest, wiping out many native species. Like humans that are doing the same thing. If you look at the DNA of cats and dogs, we have actually changed dogs. Cats are the same as they were tens of millions ago. The relationship was "Hey, Humans if you continue to grow grains, I'll kill the thieves." I wish we had the same relationship with mobs that rob our stores. With a little bigger cat.