https://www.vetsurgeon.org/f/non-clinical-questions/25650/client-confidentiality-vs-animal-welfare A MOP called a couple weeks ago to say she had taken over a relative&#39;s &quot;ancient &amp; skinny&quot; old cat and could she bring it to us for a dematt as it looked dreadful? We registered the patient and booked her in, reserving an hour in our ops diary for theen-USTelligent Community 10https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/177765?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 18 Apr 2017 17:59:46 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:676b30bf-442a-4e93-a988-c73399539f1bBob Russell<p>Not your problem!</p> <p>You cannot fix the world and there are plenty of situations where you can do good. Unless you are convinced there is actual suffering then you do not have any responsibility. That is all on the owner.</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>https://www.vetsurgeon.org/thread/177692?ContentTypeID=1Fri, 14 Apr 2017 16:10:51 GMT146601cc-3922-4be7-9974-7e1d4e45a66b:b8ade986-89ea-48cd-af52-2fd07e15c8feEvelyn Barbour-Hill<p>[quote user=&quot;GrooveJet&quot;]By doing nothing, am I complicit in this cat&#39;s possible suffering?[/quote]</p> <p>No.</p> <p>You don&#39;t even know that it&#39;s &quot;suffering&quot;.</p> <p>(There are loads of reasons why people don&#39;t turn up. The commonest being that they have found someone else to do it cheap.)</p><div style="clear:both;"></div>