It is great that the BC SPCA will improve its policies on feral cats. This is a much-needed positive change of direction.

However, I am puzzled about why Surrey's amazing Forgotten Felines and Vancouver's Urban Lions were not consulted and why they are not on the list of recommended groups. Both of these groups have a lot of expertise in this area. They're out on the front lines spaying and neutering, vaccinating, and finding new homes for the adoptable ones. They are also involved in trap/neuter/release programmes.

The list of groups consulted or recommended by the SPCA is pathetically short. There are thousands of feral cats all over the province, yet the BC SPCA can only find three groups to consult with. Why?

What exactly does the SPCA mean by saying that it is willing to collaborate with "legitimate cat rescue organizations?" Both Forgotten Felines and Urban Lions are registered charities. In whose eyes are they not legitimate?

If groups dealing with feral cats fall below what the SPCA thinks are adequate they should be in there helping the organizations with grants and suggestions, rather than sending in their constables to search for supposed inadequacies on the basis of what could be a single complaint. The SPCA has the resources to do so much more than they do now for feral cats. Hopefully this is changing.

I understand that one of the legitimate groups consulted, Richmond Homeless Cats, actually tried to remove a much-loved cat from his home at the movie house on Saltspring Island. Not many cat experts would recommend that. That's living life just as it should be for a cat!