Trap, neuter, release approach leaves cats hungry, dead
Editor, The Times:
The Seattle Times seemed supportive of the trap, neuter, release approach [“When cats stop multiplying like rabbits,” NWMonday].
My disagreement with trap, neuter, release approach regards the word “release.” The cats so easily trapped are hungry, abandoned pets. Releasing these cats after neutering them does nothing to save them from starvation. A house-bred cat on the streets will probably die of starvation before reproducing kittens.
Feral cats are rarely trapped. It is the feral cats that are the target of trap, neuter, release programs.
I hope The Times is open to questioning such a program. Why the enthusiasm in containing a kitten population? Where is a similar campaign to control the number of squirrel kits, young raccoons or puppies born under a bush from abandoned pet dogs? I suggest The Times channel its good-heartedness into adopting trapped cats.
— Patrick Arnold, Seattle