I love cats but this island's history is a tale of human folly and irresponsibility in general, I don't see any reason to keep perpetuating such when their are better alternatives.
This one mile-long island was uninhabited before 1693, and as tends to happen with small islands, people eventually moved back to the mainland, leaving the island's current population at 4. Which means it should've always remained uninhabited.
To compound that, the humans started introducing cats to combat rodents on fishing boats. Now, as leaving unsterilized cats outdoors tends to do, the feline population has exploded in a place where cats are also not native. So they kill native wildlife. Thankfully, a sterilization program was undertaken in 2018 and eventually as all the cats die off naturally, the island will eventually be back in its natural state.
Moreover this island is in a seismic, tsunami, landslide and typhoon zone, and its highest point is less than 300 feet. There's no good reason to live on such an island, the mainland makes more sense.
