Feeding of feral cats

nnejy wrote:If you get rid of feral cats you will soon be overrun with cockroaches and rats. Personally, I think you are better off with cats.

Please bear in mind, cats (and all other creatures) have as much right to roam this earth as we do. Just because a cat sh*ts in your garden, it doesn't give you the right to think like, or act like God. Sorry if I offend but the way I see it is that too few human beings have any real compassion when it comes to animals.

I never mentioned getting rid of feral cats, i am & always have been an animal lover. What i am objecting to is someone, probably from another area, turning up & tipping large handfuls of dry food all around the streets, as i already said, it is unsightly & unhealthy. If anyone is acting & sounding like God i'm afraid it's you, especially as you don't appear to have read or understood my original post correctly.

Gustav wrote:On the positive side If,If there's feral cats about
You won't have any vermin,
If you do find out who it is why not ask them not to throw it,
But to place it in a container in a quite place for the cats,
Then both parties are happy and so are the cats,

That is precisely what i aim to do, i was enquiring as to the law on feeding feral cats in case the perpetrator chooses to ignore my request or become abusive to me.
There is an area very close by where the cats could be fed without anyone seeing the food but it would appear it is too much trouble for the person/s to walk those few extra steps. I also agree with the vet who Chrisdee quoted as saying these feral cats should not be fed & nature be allowed to take it's own course.

Thank you for your replies, especially Chrisdee who actually answered my original question regarding the law on feeding feral cats.
Regards,
Dave.

I’d wait for four years, then you could charge tourists many euros to come and see 20,000 plus cats!

I love the way these Feeds go off piste. The original post was regarding the placing of food for feral cats and if there were any local council rules forbidding this as it was being chucked around peoples property. Then it moves onto to someone going on about animals have the right to exist totally ignoring the original question because no doubt this is a pet subject of theirs. The most sensible answer so far is asking the person to put the food in little containers which is what people do in my area of Mar Azul.
Be interesting to see which direction this post goes off on next.

kingscliff wrote:I love the way these Feeds go off piste. The original post was regarding the placing of food for feral cats and if there were any local council rules forbidding this as it was being chucked around peoples property. Then it moves onto to someone going on about animals have the right to exist totally ignoring the original question because no doubt this is a pet subject of theirs. The most sensible answer so far is asking the person to put the food in little containers which is what people do in my area of Mar Azul.
Be interesting to see which direction this post goes off on next.

It’s all down to BREXIT.

It would be good if you were able to get the Council to trap, sterilise and return the cats and then a proper feeding regime of dry food and water could be introduced. I expect each Council has its own bye laws on the feeding. You need to "trap" the person causing the feeding problem. They are probably doing it out of goodness but don't realise they are causing a problem.

Bee