Because feral cats are somehow different than wild dogs?
For one thing, it wasn't a feral cat. It was the pet of some people in the neighborhood.
Cats = good. Dolphins = good.
Dogs = bad. Sharks = bad.
I have trapped stray cats and called animal control to come pick them up. I have a cat and she stays in the house unlike neighbors that let their cats roam free pooing all over my yard. One week I picked up 15 piles of poo. I’ve had to completely empty and refill the soil in my raised garden beds because cats were digging up my plants and using the garden as a litter box.