I LOVE cats, but just as with feral dogs, they will become far more than just a nuisance.
Some years ago, I saw a TV show where the government was actually paying Aborigines to hunt and eat cats. It was terribly sad, but I understand why they need to do it.
Mark
The feral cat population of Australia is nothing like the situation here in the US. These cats are breeding out in the bush and have been for many generations with no real threats. Coyotes, Bobcat’s, Hawks and Horned Owls pretty much take care of any stray cat’s that manage to get on the ranch here. They are a shoot on sight animal in the bush of Australia and would be here if they ever got started. We keep cats at the ranch house but they don’t last long before something picks them off. A big Red Tail Hawk can make short work of a full grown cat and just about anything can take kittens or smaller cats.