this is sad. i met a couple last summer who moved into the area and are very very tight with my partners' best friends, so they are part of the social circle for birthday parties and card parties. i won't go to their home b/c i've seen how they get then discard cats and dogs, and the current plan is to become (backyard) furless cat breeders. they've had at least 12 cats in the last year, 10 of whom have gone to cat welfare, %^$#&&, and no one but the 2 of us seems to think this is wrong!!!! argh! i cannot imagine what is in their heads that lets them do that. poor dog.