Does not work:

TNR. It only slows it down. As the colonies age their members die off
(even without active removal) and new cats come in, being unfixed, and
breed profusely.

Feeding the cats. Boy, that's a no brainer. If no one fed them on
purpose the die off would be much higher.

Education. Cat education is not going to work, because, well, cats are
cats. Eating, sleeping, ****ing, ****ing, ****ting, killing and
caterwauling are cat activities. Study is not. Language is not.
Educating people about cats is equally unsuccessful because when it
comes to cute little kitties, people are equally incapable of logic or
rational thought.


Does work:

LAWS making it illegal to release cats-period. A cat in your posession
is yours. You are responsible for it, and if female, kittens it has
from impregnation through birth whilst in your posession. You may care
for it and keep it on your property, you may sell or give it away to
responsible new owners or you may give it to the pound or put it down
humanely. People are not responsible about cats, but they are
responsible about not going to jail.

CLEANING UP after ourselves. That means securing garbage and
foodstuffs. My theory is that feral cat populations exploded when
incineration ceased to be the way supermarkets and restaurants stopped
handling food garbage. Incineration is actually much more responsible
environmentally as ashes from exclusively edible remnants are good
fertilizer.

NOT FEEDING unowned cats. Cat lubbers caught feeding feral cats should
be made responsible for those cats including cat licenses,
immunizations, neutering, and most importantly held liable if Morris
the feral at the dumpster claws a kid or gets in a house and kills a
$500 parrot.

Finally: ELIMINATING feral colonies when they become a nuisance.
Anti-elimination propaganda is voodoo math at its finest. Clear out a
colony, and keep clearing out strays in the area, and new colonies
never form.