He made reference to 'spay, neuter, release' should control the cat population. That wa tried in a gated community in Florida(I believe) for 5 years. End result? NO reduction in cats or cat reproduction. Guess they couldn't keep up with the transients filling the void and reproducing. BEST solution is a morning,or, evening walk with your favorite small arms gun, and, or, one cat hatin' dog. That always brings the problem under control. Just think, with all that money saved? people could seek out another critter to save, say, rats, bats or skunks? Or, maybe, some of their personal friends, or, save the world - somehow.
A domestic cat is nothing more than a feral cat with the driving instinct to survive should it decide strike on its own, or, been tossed in the street. Never saw a cat that died of starvation. Many leech off human kind until a better deal presents itself. Most of my rancher/farmer buddies just chum the barn and it isn't long before they have allll of the free loading mousers they can stand. Thats when I get called.................................