Neutering wild male cats is a waste of time. You will never get all of them and it only takes one male to impregnate hundreds of females. Spaying wild females is probably a waste of time too. Cats produce way way more offspring than can possibly survive off of what mother nature provides. Reducing the number of kittens born probably only makes it easier for the ones to survive that you don’t get.
A better solution would be to introduce a predator that eats cats but doesn’t eat songbirds. Raccoons, wolverines, badgers...maybe these would do the trick?
In my front yard, the raccoons and the rabbits forage at the same time. I don’t think raccoons would do the trick.
No. A better solution would be to force people to do the right thing and quit breeding pets on purpose and make it mandatory to get them spayed and neutered. Start at the beginning.
>A better solution would be to introduce a predator that eats cats but doesn’t eat songbirds. Raccoons, wolverines, badgers...maybe these would do the trick<
If localities would enact cat licensing and start fining owners that let Fluffy run loose, we’d be a lot better off. Cities and even rural areas enact leash laws for dogs. Why must those of us who like songbirds and chipmunks put up with free-roaming felines?
And yes, my spoiled-rotten cat is confined to the house. She doesn’t need to roam at large, acting as coyote chow.