This summer we lost a wonderful cat (Nomie) whom we received years ago as a rescue. He was semi-feral and it took years before he became friendly but he was allowed indoor-outdoor privileges and actually got to be cuddly (as long as you didn't touch him while he was 'cuddling'!) He was an excellent mouser, birder, moler, and dragonflyer. When he was gone we ended up adopting another semi-feral. They will never be city, indoor only cats but they are tough and lead the most interesting lives. Our mouse overpopulation that had happened right after Nomie died is once again wiped out.
I'm crazy happy that there are now organizations that are willing to put the kind of cat that makes us happy into the kind of home/barn that will make it happy.