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Old 03-30-2011, 01:01 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by betenoire View Post
It's pretty misguided to say that feeding strays is the problem. People are the problem - those cats aren't a naturally occurring species in the wild here. They came from somewhere.

Feeding feral cats doesn't spontaneously create more cats in your neighborhood. More cats in your neighborhood are created by the existing cats being left un-spayed/neutered. The solution is pretty obvious, and that solution isn't "stop feeding them" or "have them all killed". The solution is trap them, spay them, and set them free.
Yup! There are organizations here that do just this. Trap, spay/neuter, free- or foster/neuter and place in homes.

It does bother me that these cats are around my cats and carry disease, but, people put out food for birds and other critters.

I have trapped ferral cats that were very sick and called animal control. I can't stand seeing injured or very ill cats having to fend for themselves.
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