I dont know.. I really dont think he was putting it out of his misery completely.. as they laughed and made a joke out of it, and went so far as to film it. The guy knew he was being filmed and acted as if he enjoyed what he was doing.

And yes, they are supposed to be putting animals down - but if they normally shoot the dogs, then why did he not shoot the puppy? Why go to the extent they did to make it a theatrical performance?

I sincerely hope that the people involved in this are found and reprimanded at the very least by the Marine Corp.

For those who say that we shouldn't be so upset over a puppy because they are comitting many worse acts against civillians.. well, for one puppies dont go around carrying weapons(not saying all civillians do, just saying that the situation is volatile and they do need self defence) and for two, if i had proof that a soldier committed an offence or something morally wrong against a civillian I would hope they were held responsible too.