re: How does society benefit from releasing feral cats back into the wild?

I dunno.. I looked at the stomach contents of the last 3 coyotes I pelted - and they were all 3 "suburban" yotes and... we looked at their stomach contents out of curiosity(I was "invited" to get rid of said coyotes because of pet predation) all 3 had the usual coyote fare...
frogs, mice and of course rabbit - no cat.. although I did see one running down the road carrying a cat recently -

it has been my experience that a coyote has to be starving to go after a dog - from a predator standpoint animals with eyes facing forward - are also predators - which means they can usually fight back - it does appear that they are much less wary of going after cats though.... and.. I have yet to see a yote stick around hearing the sound that sends them scurrying for cover instantly....