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Unlucky: Black cats less likely to be adopted at shelters
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Posted on 12/13/2008 8:57:42 AM PST by JoeProBono

Throughout history, it has conjured up images of witchcraft and magic. In the Middle Ages, it was burned alive for its supposedly supernatural powers.

In North America, it is considered unlucky to cross paths with it.

Many shelters during the month of October ban its adoption out of concern it may be abused as a result of the image it portrays on Halloween. The black cat has come a long way since the 15th century. And though its supernatural image in the 21st century has largely been relegated to folklore and mythology, many in society still consider it a social misfit because of, well, its color, or lack thereof.Indeed, the black cat’s main enemy is its own genetic makup.


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: cat; cats; kittyping; superstition
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To: Slings and Arrows

I adopted a black cat several years go because no one else would. She was the sweetest kitty and has forever given me a soft spot in my heart for black cats. You won’t be sorry.


81 posted on 12/14/2008 12:38:58 PM PST by rhetorica
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To: rhetorica

I’ve never been sorry for adopting a cat. Not even Zia the Demon Kitty.


82 posted on 12/14/2008 12:48:40 PM PST by Slings and Arrows ("If one cannot learn from the mistakes of others, one might as well become a Democrat."--E. Friesner)
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To: Lady Jag

Tristan suffers from the delusion that the humans see as well as he does in the dark.
Then he goes and proves that he doesn’t see in the dark quite as well as he thought.
*snicker*


83 posted on 12/14/2008 2:06:57 PM PST by Darksheare (Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fhtagn!)
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To: JoeProBono

I love black cats, I had three at once but I lost my last one two months ago. I’d like to get one once my finances improve. BTW, in the UK, black cats are considered good luck.


84 posted on 12/14/2008 2:52:03 PM PST by Nowhere Man (Is Barak HUSSEIN Obama an Anti-Christ? - B.O. Stinks! (Robert Riddle))
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To: dainbramaged
My parents had a series of “Blackies” that spanned fifty years - six or seven different ones IIRC. They are both gone now, along with the cats. Think I’ll adopt one soon.

My first black cat, Buddha (Boo), he did have a little white spot on his chest. When my maternal grandmother first saw him, it reminded her of her black cat, Pete, when she was a little back around 1917 or 1918.
85 posted on 12/14/2008 2:56:05 PM PST by Nowhere Man (Is Barak HUSSEIN Obama an Anti-Christ? - B.O. Stinks! (Robert Riddle))
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To: JoeProBono
I've got an all black named Lucky and she's the sweetest cat ever. Very vocal and too smart for a cat. She taught the other cat (mostly black) to open doors.

Lucky

Hello Kitty

86 posted on 12/14/2008 3:04:21 PM PST by retrokitten (I want to rock your gypsy soul, just like way back in the days of old- Into the Mystic)
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To: Nowhere Man
We have a black cat with a small white spot on his chest. Our daughter brought him home from college to join our other two. He has so much personality as well as that little swagger walk! I'm really superstitious, but this cat has brought nothing but joy!
87 posted on 12/14/2008 4:23:08 PM PST by rpkgolf
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To: Fawn

Black cats are my favorite too! Since I left home 26 years ago, that’s all I’ve ever had. Currently on my second set.


88 posted on 12/15/2008 3:47:02 AM PST by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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To: Lady Jag
My only complaint is tripping over them in the dark.

We have two black cats. We keep a trail of automatic night lights throughout the house. Also, when we remodeled our home, we chose light hardwood, white tile or pale gray carpet throughout - better to see the Dark Ones (who tend to lay around just anywhere).

Yes, it's all about the cats.

89 posted on 12/15/2008 3:50:13 AM PST by meowmeow (In Loving Memory of Our Dear Viking Kitty (1987-2006))
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To: JoeProBono
My first cat - Peeps, an all black cat, who I adopted from a cat shelter. She has one white whisker and a small little tuft of white hair on her chest. She's been a good cat, she's 16 yrs old and still going strong.

I picked her out of all the other cats there, because she was all by herself - a loner, like me.

In the summer, she likes to take a bath in the sprinklers and lay on the grass.

90 posted on 12/15/2008 7:19:40 AM PST by Lucky9teen (When you see all of the smoke billowing up from the Democrats, follow nominees advice: don't inhale.)
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91 posted on 12/15/2008 7:25:44 AM PST by Lucky9teen (When you see all of the smoke billowing up from the Democrats, follow nominees advice: don't inhale.)
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To: Slings and Arrows
Zia the Demon Kitty....

92 posted on 12/15/2008 7:51:35 AM PST by Lucky9teen (When you see all of the smoke billowing up from the Democrats, follow nominees advice: don't inhale.)
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To: Lucky9teen

How did you kidnap my cat and turn her into a tabby?


93 posted on 12/15/2008 8:09:46 AM PST by Slings and Arrows ("Every few generations the really, really bad ideas come back around for another go."--Howard Tayler)
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To: Lucky9teen

94 posted on 12/15/2008 8:33:41 AM PST by JoeProBono ( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
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To: Lucky9teen

95 posted on 12/15/2008 8:33:41 AM PST by JoeProBono ( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
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To: Lady Jag
My only complaint is tripping over them in the dark.

"All cats are grey in the dark"
~Benjamin Franklin

96 posted on 12/15/2008 12:32:03 PM PST by w_over_w (The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits.~ Albert Einstein)
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To: JoeProBono

I adopted a black cat this Fall, now trying to get him integrated with my black dogs.


97 posted on 12/15/2008 1:18:39 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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98 posted on 12/15/2008 1:28:15 PM PST by JoeProBono ( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
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To: JoeProBono

My black cat (currently on my lap and impeding my progress with typing this comment) looks just like a Halloween scaredy cat. Longer hair that sticks up on her back, with green eyes. She’s a pretty girl. I let her out on the balcony of my condo and she basks in the sun. Won’t let her out on Halloween though, so she won’t freak anyone out, or they her. I think black cats are beautiful, but then I am prejudiced, LOL!


99 posted on 12/15/2008 11:32:34 PM PST by flaglady47 (Four years of captivity, no relief in sight)
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To: flaglady47
Happy Holidays!


100 posted on 12/16/2008 4:39:18 AM PST by JoeProBono ( Loose Associations - Postcards from My Mind)
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