If they are left outside in the winter, then their owners dont care about them. Odds are they aren't spayed or neutered. It is far less inhumane for them to be put to sleep than to contribute to even more strays on the street.
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Now see. This is where I am torn on what to do.

I don't want to hurt them. I just want them to stop causing trouble.
If I call animal control, they may euthanize them and that's also not what I want.

This bites. Why can't these people just care for their cats.