There is a good solution but it would take a while. Feral cats are a problem and hard to get rid of. Some cities have groups like Friends of Feral Felines. They help trap the cats, test them for disease, sterilize them and give them long term rabies shots. They are then returned or moved to a safe place but they stop having kittens and repopulating the colony.
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“They help trap the cats, test them for disease, sterilize them and give them long term rabies shots.”
We did that, with five feral cats in 2011. We did the TNR (trap, neuter, release) and they stuck around. Eventually, we brought them all inside as 100% indoor cats. They’re the most loving cats ever. Now we have three remaining.
The Friends Of Ferals organization did help in showing us how to trap them, loaning traps, etc.
“There is a good solution but it would take a while. Feral cats are a problem and hard to get rid of. Some cities have groups like Friends of Feral Felines. They help trap the cats, test them for disease, sterilize them and give them long term rabies shots. They are then returned or moved to a safe place but they stop having kittens and repopulating the colony.”
That is what they do in my county. In different cities in my county there are pockets of stray feral cats that have been spayed/neuterd and had a rabies shot. People, usually women like myself know where these cats hang out and drop off food and water for them.
In my town is an abandoned warehouse full of them and it keeps the rats out so the owner does not care just as long as we don’t leave trash of cat food boxes and cans around.