I know what you mean. I just saw an ad in the paper - someone giving up a cat because of a new baby.

We had a cat one year before our first child was born; it never occurred to us to give up the cat. Just for the record, the cat was not all that interested in the baby. He would just go about his business, but would sometimes lie down near the baby. We always kept the baby's room closed at night, however.

I am not sure if people are lazy or stupid or a little of both.

I volunteer at the Humane Society and this being a military town, a lot of military people adopt when in the area, then dump the animal when they move on, only to do it again in another place.