Rabies = Weapons of Mass Destruction, right?

Did I give it to him?
No.
The responsibility is off me, Gareth. The law determines some things, and human law is different from canine law, anyway. So it's a bad (or childish) comparison, as I said
I did not physically inject the poor animal with the virus, and refuse to give him the antidote, to continue your chosen theme.

And your sense of responsibility would be better directed to your hypothetical children, instead of on the word of some behavioural psychologist, or fortune teller who would have you doubt your sense of empathy.