I know this will be a controversial topic to some but remember I am not talking about STRAY cats but FERAL cats here and I am outside of the US where (house)cats are not a protected species.
That being said I was wondering if any of your experienced hands on here have seen positive results (in wildlife too) with feral cat population control in the form of culling and spay-neuter-release programs. I basically live in a tourist resort and though cats are native to these parts their numbers have exploded thanks to people feeding them amongst other factors. Of course people have the inclination and money to feed them but not to try to get them neutered or cared for! I have adopted 2 feral kittens who got tame really quickly and we try to get litters adopted as much as possible and am helping organize a clinic to neuter as many as possible. All this is not an easy task in a poor country. The final straw has been having one of my kittens(almost 1 year old) badly injured by the very aggressive local feral colony right outside my door. Our kittens can't go outside that side of the house at all now and never anywhere at night. I don't think I will get much support for a resort-wide campaign but I am going to start on the ones that want to kill my kitties every time they set foot on the ferals turf. I love cats but I can't stand these ferals.
I'd appreciate the thoughts, anecdotes and guidance!
I wonder how many FPE are necessary too. I'm thinking 30+ as for a Raccoon.
That being said I was wondering if any of your experienced hands on here have seen positive results (in wildlife too) with feral cat population control in the form of culling and spay-neuter-release programs. I basically live in a tourist resort and though cats are native to these parts their numbers have exploded thanks to people feeding them amongst other factors. Of course people have the inclination and money to feed them but not to try to get them neutered or cared for! I have adopted 2 feral kittens who got tame really quickly and we try to get litters adopted as much as possible and am helping organize a clinic to neuter as many as possible. All this is not an easy task in a poor country. The final straw has been having one of my kittens(almost 1 year old) badly injured by the very aggressive local feral colony right outside my door. Our kittens can't go outside that side of the house at all now and never anywhere at night. I don't think I will get much support for a resort-wide campaign but I am going to start on the ones that want to kill my kitties every time they set foot on the ferals turf. I love cats but I can't stand these ferals.
I'd appreciate the thoughts, anecdotes and guidance!
I wonder how many FPE are necessary too. I'm thinking 30+ as for a Raccoon.