Feral cats certainly receive more attention than other areas, but the question is if that’s done effectively (or if it can be leveraged with new efforts); I have never seen a charity that efficiently tries to optimize for neutering them (though I admit I didn’t investigate the matter deeply).
Your suspicions are correct; there’s actually some good evidence to suggest that TNR is not effective at reducing feral cat population. Here’s a very short summary which links to pages with more detail, if you’re interested: https://abcbirds.org/program/cats-indoors/trap-neuter-release/
Feral cats certainly receive more attention than other areas, but the question is if that’s done effectively (or if it can be leveraged with new efforts); I have never seen a charity that efficiently tries to optimize for neutering them (though I admit I didn’t investigate the matter deeply).
Your suspicions are correct; there’s actually some good evidence to suggest that TNR is not effective at reducing feral cat population. Here’s a very short summary which links to pages with more detail, if you’re interested: https://abcbirds.org/program/cats-indoors/trap-neuter-release/