The cat was not feral. It was my next door neighbor’s cat that hung out in the shrubs between our houses. Homes are very close together in the city. I politely informed her of the city ordinance that requires cats to be confined to their own yard. Her response was to bell the cat (which doesn’t work) and to stop speaking to me.
The cat was very well-fed (fat) and kept indoors only at night. It killed birds for sport. The cardinals were mangled, not poisoned. How am I so certain? I saw the cat pounce and bite one of the birds with my very own eyes.
I find it hard to believe that well fed fat cat with bell can catch a cardinal....but perhaps the cat was very special. People who tell other people to keep their cats in their own yard, know very well it can’t be done and just want to cause trouble. Yet, you welcome birds who drop their poop all over and carry over 60 diseases to your back yard. I wouldn’t speak to you either.