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.

Comments

[blue-cat.livejournal.com]

Primary issue is the legal ones for both you & the vet if they are owned cats - probably not worth going to jail over / being fined huge sums for / vet loosing their licence.

Is there some other means of tracking down cats of unclear ownership?

cat owner here....my two cents

[sio.livejournal.com]

i wonder though....how can they prove that some uncollared, unlicensed feral belongs to them anyway? there are ppl who could say that's their cat and it was illegally neutered in order to make Gem's life miserable/suck money out of her.

if they let them roam around without any proof of ownership (collar and license is best, but at least a collar would be something), then too bad for them. what purpose does an unneutered cat serve anyway? nothing but adding to the pet explosion. it's not like she's taking them in to have their vocal cords ripped out so they can't meow or something. cats do not need their reproductive systems. it's healthier for them to be fixed.