[Looking for Diogenes]

Re: Feral cats.

I see what you mean. However, if owners kept their cats indoors, the population of feral cats would not be supplemented by escaped domestic cats and their litters.

The other thing that would help, though it's impossible to legislate, is if 'cat-lovers' would desist from leaving out dishes of cat food for the ferals, strays, and general vermin population to feed on.

PS - I just noticed the dates on the original thread. Yeah, that was a while ago. Thanks for responding just the same.

[Terriergal]

I agree with your post here. Most definitely the domestic cats contribute to the problem of feral cats, however if all domestic cats were kept indoors there would still be the problem of feral cats. I'm pretty sure they would manage without the input of the domestic population! :-)