All the other non-sense with PETA etc, is exactly that non-sense.

Stray animals are a people problem. It’s not the animal’s fault.

I had never seen a cat in such a state before. It was absolutely heart-breaking and distressing to see her suffering. After feeding her and trying to clean her up a bit, I called various animal organizations, and today I finally was able to take her to the animal hospital, where everyone agreed that euthanasia was the best thing for her. I say finally because I live in the NYC area and don’t own a car, and much to my surprise, not one organization (ASPCA, ACC, Humane Society, etc.) could not pick up an injured animal due to lack of resources and staff as a result of budget cuts. I didn’t want to lug her around in a carrier in her condition in the subway, so I took a cab to the animal hospital, which thankfully wasn’t too much, for I am unemployed and financially limited. Thankfully, the Mayor’s Alliance for NYC’s Animals was willing to pay the euthanasia fee of $160.

I feel sad about the cat because if I could have afforded her vet bills, I would have tried to save her. The vet said that her leg would have had to be amputated and that she would have had to stay at the hospital for about 6mths for her other conditions. We also are clueless about whether or not she was vaccinated.

Yet for all the cat’s suffering and severe physical condition, when I took her home, she had a healthy appetite, went in the litter box, and could still jump on my bed and sofa, but moreover, despite her fear at first, was actually a sweet, friendly and loving cat. She followed me everywhere in my apartment and loved to be picked-up and petted.

I live in an ungentrified, rural niehgborhood of Brooklyn NY and there are a lot of feral cats in the neighborhood, which I find depressing. Some of the neighbors including myself leave out food and water for them, and overall the neighborhood’s ferals look healthy. I will soon look into getting them TNR’d.

After my experience with the euthanized feral cat, I don’t know if cats living outside is a good thing. I am a happy, loving care-taker of two indoor, spolied cats, who I know are very happy. When I lived in a nicer neighborhood in upstate NY, I once tried to get the cats to go outside, which they refused to do. They are content with the window being their sole outdoor exposure. At this point, I think that cats living “wild” versus being euthanized is a lesser of an evil issue. It certainly has to do with educating the pet owners about spay/neuter responsibility, geography, and animal/humane organizations.

I feel relieved that the cat is no longer suffering. But I would have liked for a different ending. I’m glad I provided a day of comfort and affection before her end.

I don’t want to kill them since they are pets & here animal control don’t work. I didn’t read all the comments but one comment that cats catches mice and rats is a fallacy in my situation. I can hear rodents noises when they get excited at night and the cats don’t bother even with them at all.

One of my neighbors with cats even have to get a rat trap to get the rats. Kind of ironic. I think people don’t neuter their cats enough.

In my country, stray dogs are game for dog catchers & they get paid per dog caught. Many dogs are put to sleep after a week or so. Cats are treated differently. There’s no “warrant” out for them so to say.