Does Anybody Feeds Cats in the Street?

I dont usually feed animals from the streets but when there is a really friendly cat around its sometimes hard not to feed them. I no my mom use to feed a cat and the cat would never really leave! when she did we would see her go home and she would be back the next day

Yes, I have cared for a feral colony before. It just breaks my heart to think of all the feral kitties and strays running around out there. As Houndsgood said, trapping and spaying is a great step in the right direction for helping to resolve this issue. If you do an online search, I'm sure there is a feral cat coalition in your area. If so, they typically have traps you can borrow and connections to vets/shelters who will spay/neuter at no cost to you. Also, if there are kittens (or adults that can be tamed), they can then be placed in shelters for adoption (just make sure you are working with a no-kill shelter).

My husband tells me not to but I just have to. I feel bad for the kitties especially in the winter time. I dont mind feeding them when I have the leftovers, so long as they dont come in the house. Where I used to live there were several stray cats..some had homes but the owners leave them outside ALL the time even when its freezing cold out. I fed the ones I knew and took some of the actuall strays to the humane society. I hate people who get cats then just leave them outside to fend for them selves!! Pathetic!

I havent tried feeding cats in the street.. but in the house, we don't have cats but cats just stay in our backyard and wait for food that we give them. It's really a pain in the a$s sometimes because they sneak inside the house and get some food from the kitchen. it really irritates me since i don't really like cats.. my family still give food to em every day though, :)

Are these cats who live in the neighborhood and belong to people or are they stray or wild? Stray cats were pets at one time and were cast outside or lost. They aren't owned by anyone, but could be brought into someone's home and be made a pet again. (or reunite with owners) A feral cat may have lived outside its whole life. It could have been a cat that was born to a domestic cat that got loose or was lost and lived its whole life outside or a cat that has become wild. People make a mistake sometimes that they are someone's missing cat because they seem to warm up to someone. But in fact they usually only trust ONE person. many times these cats live in colonies centered around a dumpster or another food source. A lot of people feed feral cats. Some of these cats - especially the young kittens can be tamed, but more often than not a feral cat would never adapt to life as a pet. When animal control picks them up they usually euthanize them because they act "wild" at animal control. What local people can do is trap them, spay them, and release them. This way they won't be producing more cats that don't have homes and the colony usually can live out their lives as long as there is a food source. (and the neighborhood won't be overrrun). There is a lot of information if you look up the site at alleycatallies.com on how to care for a feral colony and you might meet other people that don't live too far from you.