Cats and society Please help school project

My daughter is doing a project for school, please help.
It concerns answers for cats in the wildlife hurting birds.

Name and Contact Information for Person Interviewed:

Is there a problem with cat overpopulation in this area?
How many cats has this person seen in his/her community?
What happens to these feral cats (are they adopted, killed, poisoned, etc.)?
Has this person seen a cat kill wildlife?
What type of wildlife is killed by cats?
What is the best solution to the cat overpopulation problem?

Name and Contact Information for Person Interviewed: 'Resin' via Dave's Garden

Is there a problem with cat overpopulation in this area? Yes
How many cats has this person seen in his/her community? 6+
What happens to these feral cats (are they adopted, killed, poisoned, etc.)? Not feral, they are all owned by neighbours
Has this person seen a cat kill wildlife? Yes
What type of wildlife is killed by cats? Birds, small mammals
What is the best solution to the cat overpopulation problem? Education, like the 'Cats Indoors' campaign http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/policy/cats/index.html

Resin

Sorry the contact info does not have to be personal information! She can write from Dave's Garden. Just a very general location. It's just to prove she didn't make up the info.

Resin,
I truly appreciate your help with my project!
Brooke.

There are a lot of cats loose here too. A lady in this area is feeding over 15 cats, near an abandonned building in town, plus she's feeding some at her home too. Someone has put poison to kill some of the one, she has been feeding, in town.

My SIL has cats showing up at her place all the time. Sometimes she thinks, they are being dropped off there, on purpose. They have killed birds, red squirrels and mice.
She had some put to sleep.
She has 2 cats of her own, that she found. They were still babies 4-5 mths old. The 5 mths old was pregnant, when she got it spayed.
In winter they are house cats, In Summer she has them tied up outside for short period of time.

In my yard I have seen at least 5 cats, most belongs to neighbors. Some years ago I found a three or four mths old sick baby on my back deck. I took him in and cared for it had him fixed, and made him a house cat
I have seen them killed birds and mice, and I found many dead moles on the lawn. I saw one chase a Chipmunk around too.
Solution: have them neutred or spayed. They have a longer lifespan if kept inside.

Hi Maryellen,

Have a look at these links. You may find them helpful. Cats, both feral and domestic, are a massive problem in Australia.

http://www.wildlife.org.au/conservation/issues/2007/petmgmt.html

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/invasive/publications/pubs/cat.pdf

http://www.derm.qld.gov.au/wildlife-ecosystems/wildlife/threats_to_wildlife/cat.html

http://www.abcbirds.org/abcprograms/policy/cats/index.html

http://www.gould.org.au/downloads/wildlifecams/habitat/Feral_animals.pdf