Melbourne resident shoots neighbors pet cat

From floridatoday.com:

"Margaret Wetzel was leaving her house around sunset three weeks ago when she heard a loud metallic bang, "an ungodly cat scream" and five gunshots.It was the sound of her next-door neighbor, Bob Lester, a 77-year-old Vietnam War veteran, shooting her 20-plus-pound cat, Harry.Wetzel said she ran outside when she heard the shots and met up with a neighbor from across the street who confirmed that he, too, had heard gunfire. She called police.Why shoot a cat? Lester said he was shooting at a wild pig and feared for his wife's safety, Wetzel said. Reached by telephone, Lester refused to comment.