Queen Bee, I think there are a couple different kinds of droppers. One group thinks that we have the space, money and time to care for their pets since we look after our own so well. Another group thinks little of the consequences, they simply figure they are allowing a domestic pet to have it's true freedom (and they don't have to care for it). Yet another group is simply a bunch of cowards, they take pets, chose not to keep them and don't have the guts to admit they failed the animal. By taking an animal to a shelter, placing an ad or dropping it off at a vet clinic they would be publicly admitting they've failed. Whatever their reasons, I still hate it, we get tons of cats, dogs and tame rabbits every year. I continually have an ad on the board at the vet clinic looking to find a home for one more homeless cat. The sad thing is that these animals are unable to cope with living feral, many simply don't make their fist trip across the road.