At my work, good samaritans feed the ferals who live behind the dumpster kibble, and the cats are quite attached to the guys who feed them faithfully before & after their shifts -- enough that they don't run at the site of them.
I don't say anything because I don't want to sound like a "food snob", but I've seen discussions elsewhere and even people who know that kibble is bad maintain that it's better than the cats "starving".
The obvious answer to that (at least in the case of my workplace) would be "Ever wonder why you don't see the rodents & creepy crawlers around anymore?" That's been the case since these cats showed up. It's because of cats being cats.
But here's my real concern:
What when these cats develop Diabetes, or blockages? Who's gonna know, or be aware?
What if it's Purina chow or any one of the other "foods" under that toxic umbrealla being fed? On TOP of the health issues, even cats under loving, watchful eyes are getting sick from that stuff!
How would someone feeding ferals know anything's wrong?
I want to speak up but can't. And on forums when it comes up, people don't understand that people MAY consider other options -- IF they only KNEW. People aren't AWARE, and that, I believe is the problem. At LEAST they have the right to know the half of it, but who is going to tell them?
"The Food Snob Scrooge who hates cats because they'd rather the cats starve"?
I know that some people will just take the lazy way out and/or trust their vets' endorsements
but there's always that ONE person, the needle in the haystack, who would give
anything to have some -- ANY -- warning.
How to explain this...
And that it's the gross "additives" which attract & entice the cats to eat the kibble -- NOT because they're "starving".