One problem I can see is that those other people can't know if cat needs special food etc.
At summer we had one news story here, on field there were farm animals, sheep or something similar, can't remember details, anyway people passing field did feed these animals, with all wrong foods, which eventually caused every one of them needed to be put down because damage this wrong food caused to animals.
We have been taught here always that you are not allowed to feed animals that are not yours, unless you ask permission, but some (mainly city folk) have no understanding of such, they just see cute animal and without thinking any further give animal what they figure out animal might find yummy.
Cats find antifreeze very yummy, but everyone (I hope) knows how dangerous it is to cats, for some animals there are foods that don't work too well, for some cats cheese, milk etc. might cause big issues and do those other people really know anything of that?
Another thing with cats is that cat settles around food source, if you feed a cat that cat will take residence eventually, thus good manners and all such dictates one should not feed the cat that is not your own or which one don't know being without home for certain.
So there is a logic and reason behind why one should not feed a cat that is not theirs or known to be feral / in distress etc.
It is morally wrong to feed other ones cat from above mentioned reasons.
Now if persons feeding the cat continue doing it after being told cat has home, is fed and all that, then they are doing wrong, they are braking unwritten rules and moral, what other rules they are willing to brake?
Also I would be worried about if stating very strongly to them "do not feed" that because they don't have a moral in first place, what stops them giving cat that anti-freeze? People can act weird way and harm cat instead of person which broke their comfort zone by saying "do not feed". My experience is you can get away from a lot within people, but don't disrupt their comfort zone, don't say anything that questions their way of living, no matter how unmoral their actions are, that will cause a war, which is illogical, but maybe that is what people are.
Outdoor cat is not a free game, especially if cat has a collar other people should respect each other enough to not feed the cat, it is just wrong thing to do, but in today's world morale and good manners seem to be a lost cause, sometimes I wonder if cats are the people and we have retarded of being just an animals.
At summer we had one news story here, on field there were farm animals, sheep or something similar, can't remember details, anyway people passing field did feed these animals, with all wrong foods, which eventually caused every one of them needed to be put down because damage this wrong food caused to animals.
We have been taught here always that you are not allowed to feed animals that are not yours, unless you ask permission, but some (mainly city folk) have no understanding of such, they just see cute animal and without thinking any further give animal what they figure out animal might find yummy.
Cats find antifreeze very yummy, but everyone (I hope) knows how dangerous it is to cats, for some animals there are foods that don't work too well, for some cats cheese, milk etc. might cause big issues and do those other people really know anything of that?
Another thing with cats is that cat settles around food source, if you feed a cat that cat will take residence eventually, thus good manners and all such dictates one should not feed the cat that is not your own or which one don't know being without home for certain.
So there is a logic and reason behind why one should not feed a cat that is not theirs or known to be feral / in distress etc.
It is morally wrong to feed other ones cat from above mentioned reasons.
Now if persons feeding the cat continue doing it after being told cat has home, is fed and all that, then they are doing wrong, they are braking unwritten rules and moral, what other rules they are willing to brake?
Also I would be worried about if stating very strongly to them "do not feed" that because they don't have a moral in first place, what stops them giving cat that anti-freeze? People can act weird way and harm cat instead of person which broke their comfort zone by saying "do not feed". My experience is you can get away from a lot within people, but don't disrupt their comfort zone, don't say anything that questions their way of living, no matter how unmoral their actions are, that will cause a war, which is illogical, but maybe that is what people are.
Outdoor cat is not a free game, especially if cat has a collar other people should respect each other enough to not feed the cat, it is just wrong thing to do, but in today's world morale and good manners seem to be a lost cause, sometimes I wonder if cats are the people and we have retarded of being just an animals.