Both of my babies (*my pootie-tat and puppy-dog) are "throw-aways".
Crystal was definitely dumped. I found her in a very rural area of an adjoining County...quite literally "the middle of nowhere". I'm not sure what the story was with the kitty. My Ex, who worked in animal shelters for a good portion of her life, shattered my heart in a million pieces when she told me, "You'd be shocked how many people move and just leave their cat behind." When I think of my kitty sitting at a back door for days, at a house that was the only home she'd ever known, and wondering why nobody was letting her in, I just want to implode.