What do you do when you spot a stray?

Please be kind to these animals. Do not try to starve them. The best thing to do is to try to find homes for them after they are spayed or neutered. There are groups in almost every city in the United States that will help with spaying/neutering and some with adoptions. This is a very big world we live in. Even if you don't like cats, please help get them to a good home where they will be loved. There are lots of people who do love cats. I am proud of your daughter for wanting to help these defenseless little creatures. Please find them good homes. If you let your daughter keep any, please get them spayed or neutered so there won't be more unwanted cats with no place to go.

Do you have anyplace nearby that will spay and neuter street cats for a reasonable amount of money? If you do you can sterilize them them and let them live outside in your garden. Feed them outside. I they are outside, they won't be under your feet. Have your daughter work for the money to do it. Explain to her it is part of the responsibility of caring for the cats. By altering them they won't breed and cause more problems. My town doesn't have anywhere for stray cats either. It's a problem. We have a dog pound, but none for cats.

the pound for strays where they might get adopted and forbid her from bringing home any more!

I'm not a cat lover either. I love dogs though. I would not take in a stray dog or cat anymore. I cannot afford it. Cats do not like me anyway either. I think I would get rid of the cats also. I would take them and drop them off somewhere and hopefully someone else would care for them. We don't have a place for stray animals either.

i would either take them or try to find them a home...

LET THE KID AND THE KITTEN BE FRIENDS. YOU WILL START LOVING SEEING THEM TOGETHER AND LOVE EACH OTHER!!!

dont know where you live but in most places like usa ans great britain there are such places like the Aspca

You're just like my mom.She hates animals except fishes.But anyway,she has no control over animals since me and my siblings love animals especially dogs and cats.She hates animals so she doesn't give a damn about them and sometimes,my dogs end up not eating for the day since me and my siblings are always away and we though they have been fed.Now I've learned my lesson to check up on my pets.By the way,there is an adoption center in our country.I'd love to adopt a new pet since my pets are getting old and are expected to leave us sooner or later.My siblings and I take stray cats home and really take good care of them.

Please don't starve them. I am not trying to preach or something. But we human being have increased out numbers and utterly destroyed the natural habitats of animals. We have domesticated them and used them to serve our own purposes. If an animal is a stray that has no home and has to beg for food, it is because of the cruelty of human beings. Now, it is our duty to take care of them and see that they have food and shelter. I am not saying that you HAVE to keep these animals. There must be an animal shelter in your place. Find out if there is one and take their help. We have a local animal shelter here. So, there should be one in your place too. Remember that a soul will be grateful to you for giving it a good place to stay. But please don't starve them. I can't even bear the thought of it. Cheers and happy mylotting

Sadly theres nothing I can do. There are a lot of stray animals in the city where i live, and apart from feeding them sometimes I really can do nothing more. There is no good stray animals policy here :(

In most cities there are organizations that will take stray cats, so just look in your phone book, dont starve cats, thats mean, and dont take them and justdump them as they will likely be run over or otherwise killed. If nothing else go to your nearest veterinarian and they can direct you ro people who will take care of orphan cats. I cannot imagine anyone really hating a cat. wow.Myself I would love to have a cat but they are not allowed in our apartment complex.

They said if you have a cat it will give you long life..because they have 7 lives.But not 20 that's too much it's like having 2 more families.just keep two and you will enjoy having them.just explain to your daugther not to take stray cat's..

Ok, first things first, starving the cats is not an answer. Your daughter is obviously a very kind person but you can come to a compromise with her. Talk to her and tell her that you are willing to adopt one or two of the animals and that she should find good homes for the remaining. Second, regarding the vomit-inducing smell from their toilet.. actually cats are the easiest animals to toilet train.. just pick up their poo and put it in the litter tray. You'll only have to do this a couple of times and they'll understand that that's where they should be going for their toilet. Just remember that you, as a parent, need to set a good example on your child and starving or dumping poor defenceless animals isn't setting a good example!

If it's a cat I'm bringing it home. A dog.......I'm calling the man! I don't like stray dogs. Once I went out to dinner and saw a stray kitten. I was confused as to if to skip dinner and take the kitten home.

Oh my starys, they are so wonderful as pets they really appreciate it when you rescue them. I and my family always do this no matter what it is. We have ytaken in so many babies from the street. We have kept many and found good hoomes for others. It also depends on whether they need to go to a rescue mission for wild life. They help them until they can set them free. I will help some if I can, but if they need more than what I can do I take them to a rescue. At least I now they care and will take care of them and help with their needs. They even keep them if they can't be turned back out to be with their kind.

After reading all the responses, I can see I don't have to preach to you about animal cruelity. Only thing you can do is keep them outside, maybe with access to a shed or something for shelter, and feed them there instead. Spaying/neutering is a must thou or you will end up with more and more cats. Good that you are trying to find them homes as well. Seems your daughter's soft spot for cats needs to be curbed somewhat as well. Nothing wrong with loving and wanting to rescue all the stray cats but if your not set up to do so, then not a good idea for her to be bringing them all home or letting them wander into your house. I feel the reason some are wandering in is because the other cats are 'telling' them that you house is a great place to be with lots of food and shelter. I'm wondering how many of the cats are actual strays. Some could be other peoples pets and your daughter thinks they are strays. We get alot of cats around here and oftentimes have to talk to neighbors to figure out which ones are strays and which ones aren't. I get the feeling most are indeed strays/feral cats being they hightail it the minute they see anyone. Had only one in the 7yrs we have been here actually come up to me and it ended up being a neighbor's cat that snuck outside on him.

You want to know how I feel? HOW DARE YOU BE SO CRUEL!! That's exactly how I feel!! Cats have feelings!! How would you feel if you were one of them and they starved you?!?! Not good at all I assure you! They didn't ask to be born!!!! They didn't ask to be born a cat!!!! Nor did they ask for your daughter to take them in!!!! I'm glad your daughter has a heart but she has no idea how cruel minded her mother is!!!!! I wish I lived near you for I'd be more than happy to take them ALL in!!!! They're loving little creatures if you'd give them the time of day!!!! Learn to open up your heart and you just might learn that!!!!!!

I would be concerned too because you do not want it to lead to hoarding cats and 20 cats certainly sounds like grounds for infestation as cats breed all over the place and their urine smell is VERY hard to get rid of any your neighbors will not appreciate it either. You can contact the SPCA and maybe they will come out and talk to her and offer to spay and neuter them becuase there is so many they wouldn't want to come back for 100 cats later on. They could probably convince her to turn them over and obviously she is not able to make that decision alone its worth giving them a call. Your house is your property and its not cool to let the cats take it apart--just tell her over and over she is not doing these cats any favors not giving them homes.

I'm assuming you don't live in the US? Because here we have shelters for stray animals. In whatever country you live in you don't have animal control or places for stray animals? Its a shame that you have to starve them. I hate to hear of that happening. If you don't find some way to have them spayed and neutered you will have a huge number of cats before long.

I have stray problems, too, and raccoons, skunks and the like, all vying for the cat food I used to put out. But I've had to keep the food INSIDE to discourage them and the other wildlife from their nocturnal visits. Your daughter needs HELP! She is fast becoming a "hoarder," and this is a psychological problem which is going to cause heartache for the cats as well. PLEASE get her some HELP. Is there NO HUMANE society or Animal Control where you live???? There are SO many rescue organizations which can help relieve your kitty-load, and find them new, loving homes. Call your local law enforcement or town/city hall, they will be able to refer you.