Depending on location, time of day, blah blah blah, animal control can take a very long time to get there. So then, are you going to let it sit there and suffer for possibly hours, waisting time as a cop, are you going to pick it up and have it possibly bite you, are you going to let it bleed on you, get the germs all over the trunk of your car, etc.. Dude made a decision, he just can't make a shot to save his life(yet it saved the pup)!!!!