Manchester's feral-cat solution creates a claw-filled fury

Ihave no idea what the answer might be to the feral cat problem in this county. Actually, it's not just a York County problem, it's a problem in every nook and cranny in America.

[Dusty]

Larry and all the other folks out there, you described a way to try and check out to see if a cat is spayed or neutered. I have a much easier way to check that. The groups that do TNR for stray and feral cats do what is an ear tip. This is a practice common all over the United Stated and found on the Alley Cat Allies website. You look to see if the cat which is in the trap has an ear tip. An ear tip is a small section of the ear taken off of the tip of the ear, so the ear is slightly slanted instead of pointed. Nobody needs to reach in the trap and try to handle a feral cat to check it's genital area. That wouldn't help on a female cat anyway. You can only tell by looking at that section of a male cat to see if it is neutered.
But otherwise Larry I loved your article and how you hit everything on the nose with the issues and straight talk which we need so much more of in this world.

[Andie J]

Dusty, I was going to bring up the ear tip process, but you beat me to it. Domestic cats that are allowed to roam have done considerable damage to my plants. Just this year alone I have had to spend over $150 replacing plants that their urine have killed. I am a great proponent of keeping domestic cats indoors. The feral cats are usually handled by my dogs. They've learned to stay away.