Those kinds of people that dump a "senior" cat at shelters because of their age are heartless bas*#@$!. I have a 13 year old declawed Maine Coon that I rescued from a kill shelter. She was scheduled to die the day before I picked her up. It's taken a while (a month so far) for her to relax and know that she's okay. But if I knew a curses, I'd definitely put one on the family that dumped her there. I hope their children do the same thing to them when THEY get old.