“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.