# Does a hotel owner have a moral obiigation to support feral cat populations on theiir properties?

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [April 14, 2012, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-hotel-owner-have-a-moral-obiigation-to-support-feral-cat-populations-on-theiir-properties/618785 "2012-04-14T21:00:50Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 12:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-hotel-owner-have-a-moral-obiigation-to-support-feral-cat-populations-on-theiir-properties/618785/21 "2012-04-30T12:13:50Z")

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> [@helpthekittiesparadise](#):
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> TNR does not work,

It certainly doesn’t work if you don’t “T” or “N” or “R”, which is apparently your local group’s strategy.

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**Author:** ![Omar\_Little](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omar_little/32/269_2.png) [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-hotel-owner-have-a-moral-obiigation-to-support-feral-cat-populations-on-theiir-properties/618785/22 "2012-04-30T14:11:34Z")

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The hotel chain has no moral obligation to a pack of stray cats. They probably got better treatment than some of the stray cats and dogs that have come onto my property.

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**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\
**Post date:** [April 30, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-a-hotel-owner-have-a-moral-obiigation-to-support-feral-cat-populations-on-theiir-properties/618785/23 "2012-04-30T14:27:38Z")

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God, no one has any obligation to stray cats.

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