Feral cats
Sorry if rants aren’t allowed here. I’m just so beyond exhausted by cat people, and I say this as someone who genuinely loves cats. If you go through my camera roll, half of my pictures are cat memes or my friends’ cats! But I also understand that my personal feelings about them means literally NOTHING when it comes to wildlife conservation. Biodiversity and wildlife are way more important. Every single feral cat needs to be culled. (As humanely as possible, of course. People who go all vigilante and poison cats are beyond horrible.) This goes for brumbies, iguanas and pythons in Florida, feral dogs, and literally any invasive species. How do people NOT get that it’s quite literally either them or wildlife in most cases?
Also, while I’m at it, TNR is bullshit, too. Not only is it just re-abandoning the cats to die horrible, painful, early deaths out on their own, but wildlife dies in the process. Neuter all the cats you want. They’ll still continue to slaughter wildlife before they go. Whether that’s hunting for food, playing, or spreading disease, a single cat is responsible for SO much death and destruction. They should all be culled as soon as possible. I don’t give a shit about how people feel about it.
For example, the thought of birds dying is beyond horrible for me, personally. I still fully support the organized culling of half a million barred owls going on, though, because biodiversity is more important than my own personal emotions! Crazy how that works!