all 3 of our cats were strays. 1 was dumped in front of my kids grade school when he was only 6 weeks old, of course guess who ended up bringing him home

, 1 was obtained from a cat shelter where they rescue abandon cats, and the 3rd was dumped off where I worked when she was only 2 months old... We keep all 3 in the house and the only time they are allowed out they are put and tied up on a leash where we can watch them. But it also seems that every stray cat dumped in our neighborhood eventually finds their way to our house. Currently been feeding one all winter, found homes for 3 others sigh... 3 are plenty for now. each has their own personality thats for sure, the male likes to play marbles (even waits his turn, hits the marble, sits back and waits again, plays tag and hide and seek. all very lovable. Also had over the yrs to put down 2 due to sickness. I agree a very hard thing to do.