Booted outside is by far the worst. We had a stray in our neighborhood that suffered this fate. He became severely matted and afraid of humans. We don't have cold winters so he didn't suffer from cold, but he did suffer from neglect and then started to get into terrific fights with my Sidney (after all, he had nothing to lose). We caught him finally and brought him to a shelter that yes, was a kill-shelter - but we did give them a sizeable donation with the hopes that they could do something for the poor guy and at least give him half a chance.

While I sometimes feel sad about what we did, I remind myself that we were not the ones that abandoned him.