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what to do with 30 inbred cats that are wild2007-11-25 12:28:55

what would you do with 30 inbred cats that are wild, living out in the country. They are not used to humans, so catching them is out of the question! Would you have shot them all, like my hillbilly friend did. Or would u have spayed and neutered the mama and the pappa??

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You can catch feral cats in a trap quite easily. I have done it many times. It is very easy. Then, you either get them spayed and neutered, or euthanized.

Yes, they should have been taken care of long before now, but there are still ways to take care of the situation.

I actually work at a cat shelter and we run a spay and neuter clinic. A lot of people think that there are tons of organizations waiting to adopt these type cats. This is not true. Our shelter cannot afford to foot the bill for this kind of rescue and would not know what to do with the cats if we did. Any shelter that says they would take in 30 feral cats is not telling you how many they would euthanize. No shelter can provide adequate care for that many ferals. At best, they would be fixed and dumped back out someplace. I think the TNR programs are mostly a waste of time. They are also a waste of funds that can save and treat many more adoptable cats.

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There are societies that help feral cats. I would have called one of them.

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I would have trapped them and had them humanely euthanized.

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You would have had to desex the whole 30, not just the original male and female.