I'm late coming into this - all I can do is offer up prayers for the situation.
I do know that Julie updated her LJ a long while ago and she was making some major life decisions that didn't include the cats.
I won't go into details as it probably shouldn't be public info.
With Ally's history I couldn't believe she was being subjected to the travel she was I am still surprised no one was injured in the transportation of her.
I'm sorry you are going thru this. It certainly wasn't fair to either of you for you guys to not know they were going to be part of your life until the end of theirs.
((hugs))