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I have taken to capturing free range cats in my backyard and taking them to the pound. They kill too many of the birds that use my feeders. I have a cat and a dog that stay inside unless I take them outside under supervision.

Neighborhood cats or dogs have no rights to crap in my yard or flower beds. Yet these cats do have owners.

The feral cats in this story should be hunted. I have had a few encounters with feral cats over the years that ended in their demise.

I agree with you. My husband used to trap two or three a night in our Tempe, AZ home and then we'd bring them to the pound. One day a woman knocked on our door from the local cat rescue group complaining that we're responsible for killing dozens of cats. We kindly explained that as cat owners (I have 2), it's not that we have anything against cats it's just that we didn't like our yard to be the neighborhood litter box.

We never caught one with a collar and the pound scans the cats for imbedded micro chips so that if there is an owner, they are notified. Apparently the cat rescue group would 'rescue' cats, get the micro chip put in, and then set them loose again in random neighborhoods. We had it out with the woman, and then trapped a cat later that night! :) The best solution was moving from that neighborhood though!