Although there can be problems with over population of cats and problems with diseases and other stuff I believe stray(also known as feral) cats have ever bit of a right to live on as do house cats or indoor/outdoor cats. Some people are annoyed that some cats are left out or seem stray they wonder why the "owners" don't take care of them. Well some of these cat's don't really have owners, they have been put into this position by no fault of there own becuase original owners of the first cats never bothered having those cats spayed or neutered. If you are going to go out and get a cat from a pet shop....I'd rather you get one from the pound...but if you insist on getting one of those PLEASE have that cat fixed so they don't reproduce more population of unwanted cats. Some people think all cats should be trapped and then returned to the humane society, this is a possibility but there isn't a guarantee that all these cats are going to be adopted so therefore they end up being euthanized. Until we can get a "no kill" shelter in Tucson it's doubtful that the solution is just to trap them and take them there...no guarantee they will survive. If you are really don't want the "bothersome" cat under your home, why not trap it and take it to a cat haven instead of a shelter. Or if you really do care trap the cat have it fixed and take it somewhere else. I think the cat has every right to live as any other cat does. Are these cat's really doing harm by being feral? Like I said this is no fault of there own. Have you ever thought that they are providing a good pest control service and free at that...ever wonder why you don't see many pests or mice around or in your home....could be that "bothersome, poor" feral cat. So the next time you think the only option is to trap a cat in take it to the pound where it probably will be killed...take a second look, doesn't that wild,feral cat have as much of a right to live as any other wild animal....I think so.
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