Who told mike this in the first place? I'm just curious.. no you are right, he should'nt approach this with anger cuz it might be a rumour... Usually people complain, "We don't want you putting food down because it attracts the rodents" or the fox or the racoons etc... Best to say you'll only put down food when the cats are there, you'll watch them eat it and it's part of a process in trapping and that you have the backing of a city sponsered rescue group (lie a little). The cats attract rodents (you could say) by tearing open trash. They don't kill rodents, they eat the trash. (Cats only kill mice when mom has taught them how, many ferals do not know how to hunt and so eat sticks and leaves, crickets, many of my ferals have had hard black stools from this diet). Tell them the mothers are dumped house cats, the babies grow up with no knowledge of how to hunt. By leaving them there, they are (Walmart) making the situation worse.