We have a spay and stay program in our area. I used it to fix a female cat that had 4 kittens. But we fell in love with her because she is exactly like our old cat Midnight. She is perfectly happy staying inside. The spay and stay program has meetings for the caretakers. They have a newsletter.

Great job Brenda and a great picture. And yes I agree that more people should be involved in TNR (after all people created the problem) and probably more importantly more people should be educated in neutering their cats or even better than that not to have cats at all unless they are firmly committed to the care of the cat for the lifetime of the cat with no qualifications.

For me, even abandonment through job loss and financial difficulties is out because a lot of these people still drive big cars and eat out and so on. They are never that broke. And they don't abandon their children and for me we should treat our cats with the same respect as we treat our children (of course some people treat their children badly too!).

OK, I am a cat/animal lover etc but even looking at the feral cat "problem" objectively people need to take greater responsibility and have a greater respect for other animals particularly companion animals.

Just wanted to say great job Brenda. We have the same issues up here in the greater Boston area. We all have to keep on trying to help these poor cats...