Feral cats should be helped, not shunned

marshallnewsmessenger ^ | September 27, 2009 | Laverne Hughey

[JoeProBono]

[mysterio]

Feral cats should be helped, not shunned

Agree. I have a friend that devotes a lot of her spare time to helping feral cats and raising money to find them homes.

[Retired Greyhound]

Rescuer here. We support some of the trap and release programs around Long Beach.

[Tijeras_Slim]

The coyotes love them here.

[Brilliant]

There is no need to help them. Feral cats perform a function on farms, etc., keeping the rodent population down. They take care of themselves.

[JoeProBono]

[JoeProBono]

[WVKayaker]

[JoeProBono]

[Daffynition]

[JoeProBono]

[EggsAckley]

I certainly hope you’re not serious about that graphic. If you are, better put on your flame retardant suit.

[P.O.E.]

I’ve been feeding scraps to our local feral feline. I’m a little mad at it right now, it killed our garden bullfrog friend.

[dr_who]

Time for Obama to appoint a feral cat czar.

[gitmogrunt]

Responsible cat owners usually have their cats spayed or neutered.

Since my next door neighbors have not neutered their male cat, we suffer a huge ferral cat population in my neighborhood.

I have been cage trapping them and calling the city animal control to pick them up.

Irresponsible cat owners are to blame for this mess.

[WVKayaker]

I certainly hope you’re not serious about that graphic. If you are, better put on your flame retardant suit.

[vetvetdoug]

Feral cats are a danger to the environment, to responsible animal owners, to humans and upset the natural balance because they overpopulate way too easily. I think every touchy feely bleeding heart should encounter a feral rabid cat so they can experience the naturalness and loving tenderness of nature.

[SamiGirl]

We are rescuers also and have taken good care of many over the years. We are also involved in dog rescues.

[JoeProBono]

[silentreignofheroes]

My thought also,but then all the cats we’ve had were called Cat.