3 innocents slaughtered outside our home

A few days ago, my cat set a new personal best and slaughtered 3 innocent mice outside our place.

Mouse 3 was the first to die by the paw. Mice 1 and 2 appeared the morning after, also by way of the feline. I discovered the mouse burial ground as soon as I stepped out the door and headed for church and was immediately met by a legion of flies, dutifully fulfilling their duty to waste away meat before the worms took their turn.

When I returned from church, I realized to my horror that Mouse 2 was still alive. It had a shallow breath though didn't move even when I poked it so I'm pretty sure it was unconscious. It also hadn't moved anywhere for several hours. I noticed also that mouse 1 was about 1/4 eaten, so part of its hind portion was exposed (and hence the reason the flies were already around). I will refrain from giving the gory details - suffice it to say that were it to recover miraculously in the hospital from its injuries, it would have been in a mouse wheelchair.

I was forced to put Mouse 2 out of its misery which I really hated to do but knew it was the right thing. I then cleaned up the carcasses and washed the concrete off.

When I went back into my place, the cat was sleeping peacefully on the bed. That's what you do after you slaughter 3 innocents.