Quote Originally Posted by cassiesmom
The shelter from which I adopted Cassie is a former three-flat with a small back yard, so sometimes people don't even call but literally drop cats off at the back door. They are almost always at (or over) capacity. When a cat is dropped off, though, there's really nothing they can do except start the admitting process. They ask for a donation when a cat is placed with the shelter to help with the admitting expenses - I think sometimes people drop cats off when they can't afford to make a donation.
The shelter I foster for is in a fairly rural area so they have quite a bit of land around them with trees behind, no fence. Sometimes people simply leave the carrier in the driveway. Much worse, some of them open the carrier and make the cat get out. Of course, the cat panics and bolts into the undergrowth forcing the shelter staff to spend many hours, sometimes days, trying to catch the cat. I think the people who do this are punishing the cat for being a nuisance to them and the shelter for saying no. They are oblivious to the fact that they are the bad guy in this scenario.