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"This may not be limited to just the cat food; it can also be the cat as food too, especially when so many cats are lured to a specific area (feeding station) to eat. They, in turn, attract the coyotes which are claimed to be keeping developed areas free of rats and rodents," explained one former official. "The added problem with this myth is that the coyote gets its fill when eating a cat or two versus its natural prey (rats) which can, in turn, increases the population of the prey it would usually eat --those uneaten rats multiply. It's simple math," he said. THE COST OF GUILT All the large (and many small) humane organizations run ads and/or have websites that promote our guilt over the way irresponsible owners treat animals. We can, of course, assuage that guilt with a donation --the larger and/or more regular the amount, the better we will feel. In last week's article ('No Kill' has Failed - Socially Conscious Animal -Sheltering Begins), we looked at total donations for 2018 to Best Friends Animal Society, ASPCA and HSUS. Here are some figures on the annual income for large and small feral cat/TNR organizations for 2018: Alley Cat Allies Total Revenue $10,221,392 NET ASSETS: $6,229,392 Feral Cat Spay -Neuter Project Gross Receipts $470,385 Assets: $5,583,989 KITTY BUNGALOW (Los Angeles) Total Revenue: $320,500 Assets: $543,056 OWNER RESPONSIBILITY --TIME FOR A BAN ON OUTDOOR CATS A Citywide ban on allowing owned cats to be let or kept outdoors, along with a mandatory microchip/cat licensing law and enforcement of L.A.'s existing mandatory cat spay/neuter ordinance could --without further taxing the City's budget --effectively and humanely start to control the overpopulation and end dangers of these free -roaming non-native cats, the spread of diseases (such as, typhus and rabies) and the destruction of wildlife in Los Angeles.