Should i continue to leave food out for animals who want it(i don't try and keep them, i just put out food and water for wandering ferals).
2007-03-12 12:16:40 · 9 answers · asked by kelleygaither2000 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Zoology
No. The best thing to do for your local ferals is to send them to a rescue organization. I'm sure there's a spay neuter release program in your area (biggest waste of time known to man, imho, but still.) Feeding ferals will make them hang around more, and unless you are trapping them and having them vaccinated and fixed, it just causes more disease and unwanted litters. While I don't fully agree with spay neuter release, it's better than the alternative, and some of the animals actually get decent homes rather than released back into the wild (where they don't belong.)
Also, ask your neighbors if they appreciate you feeding the ferals, you'll probably be suprised at the response. I despised the woman who used to feed stray cats next door to me because the house I was in was the only one on the street that was up off the ground... guess where all the cats pooped and peed? Guess where all the kittens were born? Guess who was trying to get birds and other wildlife in their yard? Accursed strays..... I kept live traps out...
2007-03-12 12:39:20 · answer #1 · answered by gimmenamenow 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
If you want to continue to feed them, leave the food far away from where people live. From what I've seen in your responses, people can be pretty touchy about it. I'd be concerned about the possibility of spreading a disease, like parvo, to someone's pets. Also, small children wouldn't know a feral animal from a pet, and they might approach one. The animals that have adapted to live in the wild need to be left alone, like any wild animal.
2007-03-12 16:36:04 · answer #2 · answered by Konswayla 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's not bad, but in a way it could be ....
The reason I say that because ferral cats breed more ferral cats. You are contributing to over-population of cats and unfortunately some of them end up euthanized because they are not socialized.
What you are trying to do is kind. May I suggest you check into any local organizations (here we have Animal Birth Control) where they do spay/neuter of feral cats and give them shots (but you have to catch them and bring them). You could continue to feed them then without worrying that these cats will breed more cats. Really, it's very humane compared to them being captured and in shelters that can't afford to care for so many unwanted cats.
Good luck, and thanks for being kind to animals.
2007-03-12 12:30:07 · answer #3 · answered by Brackish 1 · 2⤊ 0⤋
super question. I somewhat have been feeding ferals for years. at latest, i'm no longer feeding many, because of the fact quite some those I somewhat have not been waiting to humanely catch and placed across to the community look after, if the cats seem somewhat friendly, or to a feral rescue team that places them in authorized barn residences, if the cats seem unrehabilitatable, have been eaten by making use of hungry coyotes. I do have a number of great residences, crammed with hay and water-resistant, that the cats can sleep in if the coyotes are not getting them en course. I even have a number of puppy cats that have been earlier thoroughly feral, and one that is likewise. I desire i ought to get a donkey or something to maintain the coyotes away, yet such animals are actually not allowed the place I stay. I harbor no animosity in direction of the coyotes, by making use of the way. very like Mickey Rourke's character in Barfly, I purely sense extra effective while they do no longer seem to be around-even although, in assessment to his character, i'm speaking approximately canines rather than law enforcement officials! With the extreme wintry climate we are having, although, the canines are desperate for despite foodstuff they might get. i'm praying for an early spring. All of my rescued ferals-those I saved-are indoor-in straight forward terms cats. all of them seem to have adjusted to existence indoors, even the wild one. additionally, for despite reason, my cats all get alongside especially lots for the main section, even although particularly some them are neutered toms.
2016-10-18 05:36:29 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the best interest of the animal, it would be better to set out a trap (which most humane societies ad some vets will loan or rent out) and take it to your local shelter so that it might have a chance of getting adopted.
2007-03-12 15:36:17 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Don't feed ferals. They kill native wildlife and dog packs will attack people. Once you start feeding cats you will soon be overrun. It might sound cruel but the only good feral is a dead one.
2007-03-12 12:24:24 · answer #6 · answered by tentofield 7 · 4⤊ 2⤋
I would not continue to feed them. It also attracts other unwanted critters.... racoons, mice, skunks, rats, and bugs. It can spread disease amoung these animals as well.
2007-03-12 12:22:50 · answer #7 · answered by Penny's from Heaven 3 · 2⤊ 2⤋
More and more are going to be attracted to where you live.....
this could get out of hand very fast.....
2007-03-12 12:21:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I would keep feeding them. It can't hurt anything.
2007-03-12 12:19:11 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋