I'm very tempted to do this

[gemfyre]

I've found that a lot of the tomcats in the neighbourhood are pretty friendly.

I'd like to catch them, take them to the vet to get fixed, then re-release them.

I don't give a shit what the owners think, if half of them even have owners. If you're stupid enough to let your entire tom roam then you deserve it.

And then maybe my neutered girls could have their time outside without being harassed (and PEED ON) by tomcats under the house.

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[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

This is a country town in Australia, not likely!

Nah seriously, I don't think there's anything like that in Australia at all, but re-release of strays/ferals isn't really an option here - they get euthanised because they're too much of a threat to native wildlife.

Then again I believe all the ownerless cats in the U.S. are "stray", and live around human habitation. Here in Aus we have true feral kitties right throughout the country, even in the desert. We've probably had cats in the bush away from any people for 100 years or longer.

[imalegend.livejournal.com]

About those feral kitties in Australia, I don't know if you saw the story of a 35kg cat that was shot in Victoria.

Super-Sized Kitty (http://imalegend.livejournal.com/91928.html)

[gemfyre.livejournal.com]

Holy crap!

That explains those mysterious "panthers" people see.

[stefanina.livejournal.com]

In my part of the US, there are domestic stock cats that have gone truly feral. They are killed as quickly as possible, though, they're simply too big a risk to wildlife and people. My state's forestry service is trying to get legislation passed that gives them the right to euthanize any cat caught in state forests. Souds cruel, yes, but housecats are a huge threat to native wildlife, and do not need to be outside unsupervised at all...

[sternenglanz.livejournal.com]

There are definitely feral cat colonies in woods and other unpopulated areas. Mostly we try to stick to TNR because euthanasia usually leads to new cats moving in to occupy the old space, whereas TNR (with regular food drop-offs from kindly volunteers) keeps the population sterile, stable, and cuts down on their squirrel eating.