Feral cats are like birds.....untamed and free to go where they want. Keep your bullets and poison away from them. Why don’t you show some humanity and compassion and help them instead of hurting and dissing them.
they are not protected in most states....same as dogs running deer can be shot in most states. Local municipalities of course have different rules...
I have liked individual (and owned) cats....most I dont like. if they do damage on my property I usually trap and release them FAR AWAY. if they come back or are vicious??? well thats another story.
ps it would be wise to remove feral birds like starlings and english sparrows (both released here from eurpean stock)..they have decimated native species of songbirds and are unwelcome on my property.
“Feral cats are like birds.....untamed and free to go where they want”
Not. Feral cats are not like WILD birds. Feral cats are neglected, diseased, and FERAL animals that have been bred for domestic lives and then been been cast -off from their natural state of human pampering. They are not a NATURAL part of our ecosystem and should be shot on sight. They spread disease and injury to our pampered domesticated cats.
Before you get all preachy: I have 3 cats, 4 dogs and 2 birds (and 3 children who some consider feral animals). They are loved and well cared for and all (’cept the kids) were taken is as strays.
Feral cats wreck ecosystems. Native bird species do not.