Replying to Dead Squirrel

So today I had a very odd experience on the mountain. I was skiing at Mount Snow and while on the lift I saw a couple snowboarders standing by what looked liked a squirrel. Me and my friend skied down to check it out and there was a squirrel twitching on the ground with blood around it and the snowboarders said that a skier skied over it earlier. We didn't know what to do with it but after a couple of minutes one of the snowboarders decided that the squirrel looked like it was in pain, so he raised his board up and hit the squirrel with his edge. It was pretty gross to watch but instantly the squirrel stopped moving and was dead. It seemed kinda messed up to just kill the squirrel but it did put it out of its misery. I just thought this was a unique story that I wanted to share with you guys so let me know what you think or what you would have done in that situation.