2008 Locked in cats

In my neighborhood there is a garden where there are some cats locked in some cage, not very small, but every cage is too small when locked in day and night, week in, week out. They are fed.
I felt like making a phone call to animal protection, but today I heard that these phone calls were already made by others. The guys from the Animal Protection Service say that's not a crime and they wont do anything about it. Ok, this is not a crime locking in cats in a cage as long as you feed them.
fuck.
I was thinking, maybe I will just set these cats free, in the middle of the night maybe. But then what? Will they be able to take care of themselves?
fuck