Edgar,
You have a point.
But, you say "killing"? (I didn't).
I live in cities, and always have done.
Except when I lived for years in the Andes on the observatory mountain, among
Puma.
In cities, feral cats are not in a state of nature, even here in the State of
Arizona. They are dependent on humans, and this is why they are called
domestic cats. There is a lot of pressure on them.
If they are dependent on humans, it is humans's responsibility to limit their
numbers, so many do not die of starvation, nor undergo scourges of disease
which cityscapes bring to feral animals.
"Kitty-AIDS" is rampant, and so is Hepatitis, among the ferals. The ferals
sniff or scratch the noses of domestic cats, and infect the domestic cats.
So, there are reasons to interact, act, and react. Are these the reasons you
were looking for?
Is feeding a feral cat "interfering with nature"?
No: it's interfering with a domestic-cat population.
Well, it is definitely interacting.
Even if we don't "interfere", we have no choice but to interact. Some folks
interact as they feel is best for the animals and for the humans (in other
words, for Nature). Neutering is one way people jump in to make a difference.
Not too fine a point on it, I don't think.
I would be against killing feral cats, unless they were rabid. I advocate
neutering them so populations won't grow in town. Out of town, let them be, if
they choose to live in the wild. Predation there will cull their growth.
Coyotes here are real pet killers, and not timid to come into town along
washes, arroyos, etc. I lost a 17-year old Tuxedo cat to a coyote in the
middle of town: "Mikey". I see their lanky legs trotting in the morning
twilight light here, a block or two from intersecting 5-lane major city
thoroughfares.
--Joe
> Edgar Owen <edgarowen@...> wrote:
>
> Why in the world would you want to interfere with nature? Let them all be I
> say. Why do humans insist on trapping and killing wild cats instead of
> letting them live as part of nature?
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