[MHT]

Ferals seem impossible to trap here. The thing that makes me angriest is the unwillingness to neuter them. The same people who feed the ferals also feed the birds and it is sickening to watch the birds come in for seed only to get attacked by the cats. It looks like the people are setting up the birds to be the cats’ victims.

[pandoraou812]

I would buy red hot pepper & sprinkle it all around, I’ve used that for dogs & cats in my flower beds. I don’t know why people are so stupid. It seems to me now to be a concern for the health dept as these cats could have diseases. Call them asap if you havn’t. I would not go near the cats or try to trap them. Your local shelter ought to be addressing the problem. We have hawks where I live that are killing cats now too. I hate to see that but its hard to rehab a wild cat. My town won’t allow us to feed birds. I don’t understand that as I like to watch the birds. People here will trap cats & take them down to the fish docks where the fishermen feed them & they have plenty of places to live. I’ve taken in a few as kittens & now they are house cats. Good luck.

[Hetty_Fauxvert]

It’s not that hard to trap feral cats; I’ve done it more than once. If it seems “impossible” to get them where you are, the people doing it are either completely incompetent or — more likely — they don’t really want to get them.

I love cats and would hate to see innocent kitties killed (cats whose only “crime” is being born and not being adopted into a home). Really, the only answer is to trap and neuter them, re-home as many as possible into loving homes with humans, and re-locate the hardcore group who can’t be tamed at all into some area where they won’t bug humans or wildlife too much.

You might consider starting your own trap/neuter/re-home group, so that the necessary work will finally actually get done in your area. Most animal assistance organizations start that way, with one or two ordinary people who care about animals and are fed up about nothing being done to help them.