Yep. There was a time when residents could take care of feral cat problems on their own. These days you could get charged with a felony, go to jail, lose your job, get smeared as an animal abuser. People would call you a future serial killer. And on and on...
I saw a couple in my backyard and started looking for ways to get rid of them. A couple Feral Cat websites were pretty clear that rescue places won’t take them. They stopped just short of telling you ways to poison or otherwise kill them.
But at the same time, they were also very clear that feral cats bear no relationship to household cats and that they are wild animals that cannot be housebroken.
I saw an old lady in our neighborhood setting out food for them. Not real happy. The stray cat population has gone from none to 5-6 around our area this year.