I hate it when elderly cats are surrendered to shelters. Lucky for several I've picked up (before they were dumped out) the shelter I am bringing kitties to do adopt them out, and often to older persons looking for older cats. The stress muct be horrible for a cat that's known only one person all it's life, and then to find itself stuck in a cage. I've seen a few from a shelter I washed my hands of (long story) stop eating, develop hepatic lipidosis and die. Why can't cats just be born sterile? jan