Feral Cats Feeding Ban

betenoire · 03-30-2011, 12:35 PM

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.

AtLast · 03-30-2011, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by betenoire

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.

girl_dee · 03-30-2011, 01:09 PM

Yes, and unfortunately there are people like my old neighbor everywhere, you can't force them to do the responsible thing. They truly think they are being responsible by leaving food out for the poor cats.

Often people just truly don't know. Birdbaths are often diseased, birdfeeders interfere with the natural feeding patterns of birds. Animals become dependent on this and their whole system becomes off kilter by eating foods they normally would not eat.

There are people here who feed the deer. What they are doing is having them killed as the deer cross the highway to come get the food. Not to mention the harm it could do to the person / property hitting the deer. When people feed animals it teaches them to trust man, and that is not always a good thing for the animal.

It's not just the cats who have a problem.

03-30-2011, 12:35 PM	#1
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03-30-2011, 01:09 PM	#3
girl_dee Practically Lives Here How Do You Identify?: Femme Preferred Pronoun?: dee Relationship Status: Hitched up Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Livin’ the Dream Posts: 24,079 My Photo Gallery Thanks: 30,560 Thanked 54,828 Times in 13,908 Posts Rep Power: 21474874	Yes, and unfortunately there are people like my old neighbor everywhere, you can't force them to do the responsible thing. They truly think they are being responsible by leaving food out for the poor cats. Often people just truly don't know. Birdbaths are often diseased, birdfeeders interfere with the natural feeding patterns of birds. Animals become dependent on this and their whole system becomes off kilter by eating foods they normally would not eat. There are people here who feed the deer. What they are doing is having them killed as the deer cross the highway to come get the food. Not to mention the harm it could do to the person / property hitting the deer. When people feed animals it teaches them to trust man, and that is not always a good thing for the animal. It's not just the cats who have a problem.