Snopes acknowledges that cats could “upon extremely rare instances accidentally cause a death” by smothering, but cats do not do it “with malice aforethought.”

Snopes 承认， 猫可能会“在极其罕见的情况下意外亡”，因为窒息，但猫不会“出于恶意” 这做。

If the avenger of blood comes in pursuit, the elders must not surrender the fugitive, because the fugitive killed their neighbor unintentionally and without malice aforethought.

若是报血仇的来，长老不可将交在报血仇的手里，因为是素无仇恨、无心杀人的。

Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue him in a rage, overtake him if the distance is too great, and kill him even though he is not deserving of death, since he did it to his neighbor without malice aforethought.

免得报血仇的，心中火热赶，因路远就上将杀，其实不该，因为与被杀的素无仇恨。