There is so much of this lately. Why are people doing this? Ringworm is highly contagious. When we adopted our girls there were a couple of cats with ringworm (they were in isolation, and could not be petted or handled). Now I see the use of nitrile gloves is common, which is a blessing for the poor cats–they can at least be petted.
But the cats on the boat? That I don’t understand at all.