Wow! I wonder what keeps animal lovers from starting a TNR situation? I mean, it only takes one feeder to do this (and pay for this). Then the idea would spread I would think.
Is there bad politics against cats in AU? I mean, like, are they regarded the same as rodents, pests, that kind of thing?
Like in Greece? But even Athens has many many rescue organizations.
Your right about ferals are just ferals in a way- maybe there it's different but here, it's very iffy because a feral female can give birth to kittens and have some turn out feral and some not (given they are untouched before 8 weeks)This is because it depends on the father and his genes and each kitten could have a different father, and the mother and her genes. It depends on how many generations of "feralness" the kitten inherites. At least this is what I've been taught over the years! (and experienced- I remember one feral litter I'd had caged at the foot of my bed for a week and was socializing, and one night I woke up with one of them curled up next to me purring!- she'd been as spitty as her siblings but lo and behold, she wanted human contact- must've been because while sleeping, I was not a threat. But she never went back in that cage, it was like she had never been feral! These kind of wierd things happen sometimes!`
QueenScoopalot- maybe you can clarify the significance of "feral genes" better than I can?