I've just heard that my student-vet niece will be going to Rhodes next October to join the mass neutering programme on the island. She'll be starting her final year of training then, so it seems a real win-win idea. She'll get a shed-load of experience of neutering, and should almost be able to whip off a pair of pom-poms with her eyes closed, and those kitties will be able to live their lives without either litter after litter (and perpetuating the feral problem) or constant fighting.
She's a real sun lover too, so that's a bonus for her