Another American teacher charged with animal cruelty

[Catherine]

The guy didn't deny what he did. The facts were not in question.  The issue was whether it is cruelty or not. The jury said what the teacher did isn't cruelty.

It would have been a horrible terrifying death for the puppy. How is that not cruelty?
Now we know why there are so many animal cruelty incidents in the USA. There seems to be no understanding that causing distress and suffering to an animal is an act of cruelty. 

I would want to look at those jurors. I wonder what they do in their private lives if this is how they voted.