[Hot Tabasco]

Let them roam the neighborhood...

Senior cats that age that have spent their entire lives indoors would die a slow, torturous death of fear and starvation if sent outside to fend for themselves.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Senior cats that age that have spent their entire lives indoors would die a slow, torturous death

Not necessarily. The local fauna will take care of them. Hawks, coyotes, fisher cats and the like. It's a 'circle of life' sort of thing.

[lastchance]

Thanks for pointing this out. I was dumbstruck at the suggestion.