Father throws daughter's kittens in the river

[Catherine]

He threw the kittens in the river, yelling that he wanted them to die. Fortunately the kittens were rescued and all survived.
The man has been charged and found guilty.  

https://ca.news.yahoo.com/drunk-dad-yell...gpvcOJKAea

The man was drunk, but that doesn't excuse what he did. He wanted the kittens to die.
He is lucky the kittens survived. The charges and sentence would have been worse if the kittens died.
There is just no excusing this behavior. There were places that could have taken the kittens.
He chose animal cruelty instead. I wonder what his daughter thought about this.