There's this feral living under the bushes at my work place.
The eartip shows it's already been fixed. However, it is hungry and doesn't have any other shelter than the bushes.
I've been feeding it in a trap until I got a picture at a good angle that shows the eartip. However, I'm the only one who cares - my coworkers are either allergic or afraid of cats, and everyone including me is trying to get another job at a better place.
So the question is, is it ethical to trap this cat and relocate to my backyard? It would have to spend at least two weeks in my smallish guest room with the window open a tick to acclimate, and while the yard does have shelters, regular food and minimal traffic, it does have at least three other ferals living there already plus the occasional raccoon. My neighbor's yard has a biggish feral colony that also likes to swap over. Not to mention my Grisou who likes to prowl the yard and bully newcomers twice his size.
Where it is living now, it has bushes to hide, lots of cars and no other cats in the immediate vicinity. The next feeding station for ferals is 4 km away. I do put food out but can only do so on weekdays.
If I could ask it, I'm 100% sure it would rather stay where it is.
Please, any advice/opinions are welcome.
The eartip shows it's already been fixed. However, it is hungry and doesn't have any other shelter than the bushes.
I've been feeding it in a trap until I got a picture at a good angle that shows the eartip. However, I'm the only one who cares - my coworkers are either allergic or afraid of cats, and everyone including me is trying to get another job at a better place.
So the question is, is it ethical to trap this cat and relocate to my backyard? It would have to spend at least two weeks in my smallish guest room with the window open a tick to acclimate, and while the yard does have shelters, regular food and minimal traffic, it does have at least three other ferals living there already plus the occasional raccoon. My neighbor's yard has a biggish feral colony that also likes to swap over. Not to mention my Grisou who likes to prowl the yard and bully newcomers twice his size.
Where it is living now, it has bushes to hide, lots of cars and no other cats in the immediate vicinity. The next feeding station for ferals is 4 km away. I do put food out but can only do so on weekdays.
If I could ask it, I'm 100% sure it would rather stay where it is.
Please, any advice/opinions are welcome.