I love cats and would never go out of my way to harm one. My condo association prohibits animals from roaming free and I respect that and that's why my cat remains in the house or on the back deck. (Plus due to her background, she is hesitant to even exit the house but is now comfortable in roaming my back deck but will not step foot off the bottom step....LOL)
Most of the cats I have trapped (only a couple) were not the target because the trap was set out to catch either an annoying oppossum or a coon. And the cats I recognized as being domesticated I released them.
The one cat I said I caught 3 times, the first time was in my trap and the other two times I merely walked up to it and picked it up. The third time I kept it and called its owner to come and get it.
The latest cat was wild so I chose to relocate it rather than take it the pound. I am familiar with cat rescue programs and know for a fact that this cat would not have been rescued from the pound. But rather than deliver it to its death, I chose to relocate it and let it do what cats do.
I have dealt with a cat foster program group several times and my pal squeek is the third one that I adopted. The first one, Mollyberry, was the best darn cat and how she ended up in rescue I will never know. I only had her for six weeks and ended up spending over $800 in vet bills only to have to have her put down. I hated that. (My thoughts on her are that her owners found out she had liver cancer and chose to abandon her rather than put her down) At least I provided her with 6 weeks of love and comfort.
I contacted the same agency and adopted another cat which I never saw for 2 weeks. I was finally able to locate it in my house and took it back to the agency. After asking more indepth questions, I found out the cat was totally feral when it was captured. That explains a lot of the destruction it caused in my house.
I had no choice but to return the cat to the agency. Fortunately, they had fat cat Squeek that was being fostored (sp?) and I took her home. She has worked out great after the $1600 I spent on her broken leg.......LOL!
Contrary to what Fawn says, I am not an animal hater nor am I evil..........
If the cats are not fixed....that’s irresponsible....but letting your cat outside to roam is not irresponsible. Course it depends on where you live too.....in NYC it would be different. But, It’s letting the cat live the life God intended for it to live.... Would you keep a dog inside all the time? Would you stay inside all the time? Why is a cat different?