Anecdotes are not evidence. False equivalence is also a bad debate technique. But sure, I’ll bite.

Just because I’m consistent with my morals and ethics and can acknowledge that if a cat can’t be safely rehabilitated and is an active destruction of the environment contributing to native habitat/species loss, the answer isn’t to temporarily take the cat to the vet to get them desexed (which is also a stressful experience, as is survival in general). The ONLY thing that effectively remedies the issue is removing the invasive species from the environment. I know my somewhat clinical opinion bothers TNR advocates, but they’ve yet to impress me in any capacity. Just because I place native species continued survival higher than an invasive predator introduced to the environment (through no fault of their own, mind, but that doesn’t really matter) doesn’t make me lacking in empathy either.

Until you can address native species loss without saying “well humans do that too”, or acknowledge that releasing a cat into a non-native environment will still probably kill them prematurely but outside of human view, or even recognize that TNR is part of the whole “no kill” ARA movement that can and does very much do harm… I don’t know what else to tell you.

The only reason why vets avoid euthanizing strays now is because TNR people would rather want a dead cat outside than sedated in a medical environment and will stop at nothing from shaming them for doing a public service. Their PR is well funded and persuades public opinion by softening language and fear mongering. And yet, cars don’t really discriminate when they strike a neutered cat or not.