AOL: This Outdoor Cat House Is the Purr-fect Shelter for Feral Felines Post and Courier: Berkeley Co. eyeing plan to trap, neuter, release feral cats Berkeley County Council members are poised to approve a plan to cut down on the number of feral cats in the county. It is a plan adopted by other counties in the state, known as Trap, Neuter and ...

Understanding the Context

The Town of North Haven is working on a plan to address feral cats in the area of Vineyard Road. On Friday, a social media post was shared by the North Haven Animal Control where they warned people to ... FERAL definition: existing in a natural state, as animals or plants; not domesticated or cultivated; wild. See examples of feral used in a sentence.

Key Insights

1. a. Having returned to an untamed state from domestication: a pack of feral dogs. b. Existing in a wild or untamed state.

Final Thoughts

2. Of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage: a feral grin. [From Latin fera, wild animal, from ferus, wild; see ghwer- in Indo-European roots.] Of or pertaining to wild beasts; wild; ferine; ferous; existing in a state of nature; not domesticated or artificially bred: as, the mallard is the feral stock of the domestic duck. Feral is often used to describe a wild, untamed animal, like the feral cat with its claws and sharp teeth menacingly bared, ready to strike. Qualities that are similar to a wild animal can also be called feral.