As a loyal cat-lover, I never want to see an animal in pain (or worse). However, Church might be the one and only exception after he comes back from the dead with an evil streak. While Louis is able to successfully put down Church using medicine from the hospital in the book, in the 2019 movie, the Creed patriarch can't seem to pull the trigger. Instead, he leaves the cat in an abandoned area of woods, which seems like a good idea until the feline comes back and lures Ellie into the busy road.