[lgvln]

I have a quasi-thought experiment for fellow HN readers.

If you found out one of the stray cats at unofficial “cat shelter” tested positive for FeLV and the person who runs the “cat shelter” seems oblivious to it, would you consider unethical to let the person continue run it? The FeLV virus is likely to spread among all the cats and result in a short life of suffering and illness.

[danw1979]

So is this a variation on the trolley problem or something ?

How many cats are we talking about ?

[lgvln]

Not really. I guess it’s about disruption of the person’s lifestyle and he/her liking for cats vs the actual welfare of the cats - how having good intentions alone is often insufficient. I would put the current number of cats at 10, plus other future cats.

[kixiQu]

If you can't get them to vaccinate the other cats, then yes