Hawaii bans the feeding of feral cats

[Catherine]

The big island of Hawaii has banned the feeding of feral cats. The intention is to help local wildlife. 
Local cat lovers are not happy with the move. 


https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/hawa...-128698731

There are a lot of feral cats in Hawaii. They are descended from cats that were brought to the island in the 18th century.
They are very destructive of local wildlife. 
Just feeding the cats is not a good idea. They will continue to multiply. They need to be trapped and neutered. Otherwise the problem will get worse each year.
Just banning the feeding could make things worse. Hungry cats will hunt local wildlife more frequently. People who openly feed cats could feed them in secret.
The whole situation will be out of control.
I don't know what the solution is, but there needs to be a balance in how things are done. A  total feeding ban would lead to hungry cats hunting and killing wildlife.
It would make enemies of the local cat lovers. To solve the cat problem, it would be better to have the cat lovers working for a solution.
There are too many cats and they are feral so they cannot be adopted.

This is a familiar problem in many places in the world. Maybe we need a global conference to discuss and find a humane and effective way to deal with invasive feral  cats. Surely if enough people come up with ideas, one of them should work.