Feral cat 'colonies' can be found behind shopping areas or businesses, in alleys, parks, abandoned buildings, and rural areas. They are elusive and do not trust humans. F eral cats. They sleep in our parks, alleys, farmyards, barns and abandoned buildings.
Mothers teach kittens to be wary of humans, to defend themselves, and they become feral.
If only meager scraps can be found, the colony will grow. And that's the problem. A n estimated sixty million feral cats live in the United States today. Local animal control often try to eliminate them by trapping and killing. This does not work.