Abandoning animals is such a terrible thing to do.
Agreed. I even did that once... left a cat behind when I moved... about 40 years ago. Never again! When I moved to Arizona 1-1/2 years ago, I drove here from the California high desert in one night, with 6 cats in cages in my car. Stressful on them, yes, but couldn't bear to give them up... especially not the two senior tortie females.