[KathieI]

Originally Posted by blueash

I understand trap, I understand neuter. I don't understand return when they have no home to which they can be returned. If the goal is to have feral infertile cats to act as garbage bag rippers, or coyote and gator meals, then I get the return part. If the goal is to get feral cats out of circulation then the solution is adoption or elimination. Sorry cat lovers. Perhaps that tremendous amount of effort and funds could be used for such a project and I'm just not getting it.

I must admit, I also have a problem with "return" here in FL... Usually its hard to adopt and domesticate feral cats unless they are very, very young. In my previous experience, we were able to place the neutered kittens into areas where they were out of harms way (back of warehouses in large docking or parking areas). However, they weren't secured in such a way where they couldn't get out, because they could. The only benefit of this program is to stop the proliferation of more kittens but that's IF you can capture the majority of strays, and that maybe too tall a task. It was just a suggestion if there was enough interest to start this program.

BTW, I'm not really a cat lover because I am highly allergic, but I do love all animals and can't bear to see them in distress.