07-26-2017, 08:49 PM
I suggest that no strategy will work unless the general public is on board. In other words, part of the feral cat problem is the "human problem". Even if every feral cat is trapped, euthanized or TNRed, or whatever, if pet owners fail to spay/neuter their pets, then allow them to have litters (up to 12 new cats per year per unspayed female cat), then chase the newborns away, unfixed...well, the problem will regenerate and continue.
If people want to solve the feral cat problem, they need to put money where their mouths are. Publicly fund a program, give them real dollars, real offices, computers, vets, trucks and personnel dedicated to the problem. As is, there are ragtag groups of underfunded volunteers (basically), working in the dark, literally.
If people want to solve the feral cat problem, they need to put money where their mouths are. Publicly fund a program, give them real dollars, real offices, computers, vets, trucks and personnel dedicated to the problem. As is, there are ragtag groups of underfunded volunteers (basically), working in the dark, literally.