If every pet is going to cost money then no1's going to want them. If they would try giving them away free w/out all the nonsense they came w/then they might find homes. Cat's don't even require homes. Strays are perfectly happy and when I was a little kid I would talk to some outside of my church. I would feed them too but they always looked happy and I could feel their happiness. There may have been strays several generations ago but a true stray(not sum1's pet)is truly rare nowadays.
I am young. I don't care. It's better than being old.