Your Thoughts on Feral Cats

[/pine]

double tap with .22WMR

kill them all...never heard anything more stupid than trapping them, spaying/neutering and re-releasing them...They are far worse than almost any other non-native invasive animal species...

Feral Cats Kill Billions of Small Critters Each Year | Surprising Science

 

[jerrybob]

double tap with .22WMR

kill them all...never heard anything more stupid than trapping them, spaying/neutering and re-releasing them...They are far worse than almost any other non-native invasive animal species...

Feral Cats Kill Billions of Small Critters Each Year | Surprising Science

Well....at least you're open minded and willing to look for alternative solutions.......I respect that in person....you should run for political office!:thumbsup:

 

[/pine]

Well....at least you're open minded and willing to look for alternative solutions.......I respect that in person....you should run for political office!:thumbsup:

Well another solution would be trapping them...putting them in old bird cages and tossing them in a lake...

 

[aczlan]

We have several strays that have adopted our barns who keep the rodent population under control. They have become more friendly and but will let you pick them up (until they are done with being held).
We take strays that stick around down to the large animal vet to be spayed as they call every 6 months or so and say "We are don't have any appointments today and are bored, do you have any cats that need spaying?" They send us a bill for materials but don't charge for time (ends up being $20-$30 IIRC).

Aaron Z

 

[mjarrels]

Always had them in farm building, would always come out of the wood work at milking time. My uncle use to fill a feed bag full of kittens each spring along with a rock an teach them to swim in the river. Sometimes as many as 100 at a time.

mark

 

[Car Doc]

I don't kill cats fact I do what I can to help them. All my cats were strays we took in all made excellent pets just takes understanding. They survive despite humans and humans are who is to blame for most of the stray cats that is where something needs done since you asked.

Feral dogs as another example are more a problem and threat to humans and their property in my eyes but not the topic of this thread jmho.

 

[Car Doc]

Well another solution would be trapping them...putting them in old bird cages and tossing them in a lake...

Brilliant I knew better than even look at a thread with a topic like this brings out the real men. edit: I meant big men real men don't hurt animals just to be hurting them.

 

[Bird]

It's been quite a few years since we were RVers and stayed at the Island RV Resort in Port Aransas, but I remember the rules listed on the back of your receipt when you paid, and one of them was to not feed the cats in the park because well fed cats wouldn't hunt gophers. Back then there were plenty of feral cats on Padre Island, and also an abundance of gophers.

 

[2LaneCruzer]

I don't kill cats fact I do what I can to help them. All my cats were strays we took in all made excellent pets just takes understanding. They survive despite humans and humans are who is to blame for most of the stray cats that is where something needs done since you asked.

Feral dogs as another example are more a problem and threat to humans and their property in my eyes but not the topic of this thread jmho.

I think feral dogs are a worse problem, at least as it directly affects humans. They can be very dangerous to humans, and certainly death to pets that get in their way. One benefit from being taken into the city limits (albeit kicking and screaming) is that they have apparently reduced the feral dog population; before you couldn't leave your trash out overnight for pickup; you would find your stuff all over the countryside the next morning...and it takes a pretty heft dog to turn over a 40 gallon trash can. Haven't seen that problem for several years now.

 

[MacLawn]

double tap with .22WMR

kill them all...never heard anything more stupid than trapping them, spaying/neutering and re-releasing them...They are far worse than almost any other non-native invasive animal species...

Feral Cats Kill Billions of Small Critters Each Year | Surprising Science

Yep, that's the ticket for feral cats. I read a different article that feral cats kill more songbirds, quail, and other birds than anything/anyone else combined. I love pet cats, but NO non-wild animal should be left to go semi-wild, especially cats since they kill so many birds. They need killin!