I raise strawberries, 30 gallon out of my little patch this past year. And strawberries do NOT liked to be washed.
I would NOT do what this woman did but I would put up a sign that said cats were NOT welcome to come pee on my strawberries.
cats don’t read and neighbors who let their cats out at night don’t care.
I pick gallons of strawberries every year...make award-winning jelly out of them. I also wash them because the rabbits, raccoons, cats, and deer have heretofore not heeded my "no peeing on my strawberries" sign. Good Lord.