I hear that. I rescued cats in SoCal because of the coyotes...the cats would show up and if you didn't bring them in right away, they were goners. We had two motorhomes, one was the home for 3 cats, the other was the home for two cats, one was in the house, only one because husband is allergic (of course), and one was outside during the day, at risk and in the shop at night (he would fight with the other cats.) We were down to 4 cats when we moved up here, lost 3 to kidney disease and are now down to one cat...he will be or last. We have neighborhood cats since our neighbor took in 10 cats a few years ago that had been abandoned, they hang out here and keep the gophers and rats at bay...
No, I can't let one suffer either and when you are retired, you have to make choices...