poor kitty! i just hate how people can be sometimes. i'm glad you found her. hopefully your friends will take her in. a friend of mine has rescued a bunch of strays--she has 8 of them right now. the best thing she has found is to put the new kitty in a room by itself for about a week to let it adjust. the other cats can come up and smell it under the door and they get used to eachothers scents that way. after a week she opens the door and supervises while either the new cat ventures out or some of the established cats venture in. many times there is a bit of hissing and whatnot, and sometimes the new kitty needs a few more days in the separate room with small supervised amounts of time together with the other cats until they are all adjusted and comfortable with eachother. so far that method has been successful in introducing each of the new cats into the family. i hope it works out for your little kitty. keep us updated!