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Well for one, Why do they have to be killed at all? For two, if they do have to be killed, drowing is also a horrific level of fear and suffering. It would be more humane to just hit it in the head with a hammer. But again, why do they HAVE to be killed and why is a geriatric grandmother taking on that responsibility?
look up Australian Cat Plague, if you want to see what happens when you truly let cats just go ham outside "because it's natural" or whatever reason most people use. they're little apex predators that kill anything they can get their claws on, if there's no native predators to control them they will dominate everything smaller than them
you cannot save them all, no amount of adoption centers would be able to receive the inflow of cats from a proper plague of them. there entire pet industries designed towards selling these animals to people who probably can't even take care of actual human kids let alone an animal
Maybe the commenter can tell us
Feral cats kill an extreme amount of native wildlife here and are essentially the sole cause of extinction for many animals. You cannot rehome feral cats as pets and there's basically nowhere to take them.
I have two former street cats....
There's a bit of a difference between domesticated street cats and feral wild cats...
Feral cats are kind of native here (Europe). It is the massive amount of well-fed stray domestic cats that is a problem, AFAIK.
I've had barn/outdoor cats too, so long as they are fixed its a non issue. Is it really better in your area to drown them than try and home them?
Usually they are shot here and they wonder off and eventually die of infection or injury some time later
These are successive generations of cats breeding in the wild with no human interaction. They cannot be rehomed realistically
I've looked into it more and I'm genuinely glad you brought this up. I had no idea what a problem it was in Australia. I read a good bit about it now and recognize the severity. I still dont think drowning is humane, but, killing ferals might be the only option in that situation.