Posted on 09/27/2009 8:17:57 AM PDT by JoeProBono
It is estimated that there are about 60 to 100 million feral cats in the United States according to recent information provided by Alley Cat Rescue. These are very high numbers but can be reduced, and should be, by trapping the cats and having them spayed or neutered.
Alley Cat Rescue also estimates there may be about 17 million people feeding about 35 million feral and stray cats in this country. Thank goodness for the people who help care for the ferals and strays. Unfortunately, there are too many people who could help decrease the feral cat population who simply do not want to be involved.
Feral cats are often found on college campuses and on military bases where students or military personnel abandon the cats when they move. It is hard to understand why anyone would feed and take care of cats or dogs and when they graduate or transfer, they just pack up and instead of making arrangements for the animals, the people move on, leaving the hapless animals to fend for themselves.
Virtually every city, whether large or small, will have colonies of feral cats around restaurant parking lots, hotels, parks and even campgrounds that are food sources.
This column has provided several articles about feral cats, so many readers already know what a feral cat is. In the event you may not know, a feral cat is described as a wild, undomesticated, cat that is not accustomed to being around people. They are not like the occasional stray cat wandering the streets, hoping for a tasty handout. A stray cat may have wandered from its yard, become lost, and is not yet afraid of people.
Rescuer here. We support some of the trap and release programs around Long Beach.
The coyotes love them here.
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.
I certainly hope you’re not serious about that graphic. If you are, better put on your flame retardant suit.
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.
Time for Obama to appoint a feral cat czar.
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.
We are rescuers also and have taken good care of many over the years. We are also involved in dog rescues.
My thought also,but then all the cats we’ve had were called Cat.
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