Excellent, well-written article that keeps the focus where it should be.  The maintaining of feral, highly destructive, invasive predators in ecosystems where they don't belong.  The public health implications, violation of property rights, needless predation of native species and ultimately the cruelty of re-abandoning a domestic companion animal in the wild to eventually die of "natural attrition."  

Mr. Minshall is obviously well educated on this topic.  He presents his facts and data with clarity.  There appears to be no one able to refute his points with subjective, peer-reviewed data.  Science has always been on the side of biodiversity and preservation of native wildlife.  It's NOT on the side of feral cats. With people like this Roy Anthony, the only argument they have is to try and equate feral cats to homeless humans.  Somehow euthanizing feral cats is tantamount to killing homeless people. That argument demonstrates how out of touch with reality they are. Sad and desperate.