Death

I take my dog out for a walk early in the morning and today I was saddened to see a dead cat. It had been run over so many times that it was completely flat. I only hope that it died the first time it was hit. I cannot understand it. Why did god create the animal only to let it die such a horrible and painful death? What was the purpose of its creation?
Come to think of it, what was the purpose of creating man. The state of the world defies imagination. Hunger, strife, murder - think of any bad thing and it is happening everywhere all the time and you hear lots of it. But when someone does anything good, there is hardly any news about it. Add to these are the natural disasters that take life in the thousands and destruction of property that takes years to rebuild. It does not make sense at all.