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There is an area of my neighborhood, a couple houses or so, where tons of cats hang out. Every time I drive by I see at least 3 and I’ve seen up to 10 at once. They produce kittens like crazy. I know that one man in one of the houses feeds them and the cats never really leave the two yards. So I’m not 100% sure that these cats are “owned” by him or if they are just strays that he feeds. And I don’t know if they are tame or feral.
So to get to my point- I would really like to trap some of these cats and have them fixed at a local spay neuter clinic. I hate seeing more and more kittens every year. But what are the ethics of this? I don’t know for sure that they are his cats and I honestly don’t think he would notice if they were to disappear for a little while for a surgery. It’s obvious he has not intentions of fixing them himself. I want to help but I also don’t want to feel like I’m stealing his cats and having surgery performed on them haha.
There is an area of my neighborhood, a couple houses or so, where tons of cats hang out. Every time I drive by I see at least 3 and I’ve seen up to 10 at once. They produce kittens like crazy. I know that one man in one of the houses feeds them and the cats never really leave the two yards. So I’m not 100% sure that these cats are “owned” by him or if they are just strays that he feeds. And I don’t know if they are tame or feral.
So to get to my point- I would really like to trap some of these cats and have them fixed at a local spay neuter clinic. I hate seeing more and more kittens every year. But what are the ethics of this? I don’t know for sure that they are his cats and I honestly don’t think he would notice if they were to disappear for a little while for a surgery. It’s obvious he has not intentions of fixing them himself. I want to help but I also don’t want to feel like I’m stealing his cats and having surgery performed on them haha.