Used to they didn’t pay to have the spayed or neutered either. They just got rid of the litter (cats and dogs)
I rented a cottage on a farm for several years.
The farmer’s daughter (hey - knock it off - she was 13 or something!) told me she always thought they only had one baby each time. It wasn’t until she was older that she found out her dad would keep one and put the rest in a sack with a rock and into the pond.
I couldn’t do that - but I get it.