Totally on board with this, Mr. Sinnott. I've done a lot of reading on this subject and I've had to deal with 2 feral cats living under my home at one point. You're right on target.

Cats are my preferred critter and always will be. I loved mine more than anything. She was an indoor cat and I made sure she stayed indoors where it was MUCH safer. Had her spayed as soon as possible and she was a happy fur-person with a loving home. Contrast that to the ferals I found years later. One was absolutely vicious, the other fearful beyond reason. I live-trapped them and Animal Control would not come get them, they said they would simply euthanize them based on the description I gave. When I went to take them down myself, I found they had somehow escaped from the cage, possibly by pushing out a corner of the door.

TNR is NOT for Alaska. Those feral cats that can be rehabilitated should be given a chance at adoption. Those that are *wild animals* should be humanely killed.