Unfortunatly it happens a lot. Bored kids capture cats, dogs, wild animals a lot and torture/kill them for fun. growing up in the country I have heard them tell the stories, seen the results from them. Then you have the people who get bored with their animals/pets and drop them off someplace. We picked up a third cat because my in laws decided they didn't want him anymore and were going to drop him off on the other side of town (and they wonder why I won't let them babysit).