Let's All Give Black Cats the Love They Deserve!

I Can Has Cheezburger? ^ | 3/27/14

[Slings and Arrows]

Did a black cat cross your path? Well, you're in luck because your life is about to get awesome!

Our paw-some Black_Friday users are all about the preservation and celebration of the sadly misunderstood black cats and helping the world see how beautiful these sleek and chic felines truly are. We want to give a special thanks to them for helping us create this fun and informative list to share with all of you!

• The Ancient World Understood the Godliness of Black Cats

  

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  Egyptians worshipped the goddess Bastet, who was believed to be the protector of The Lower Kingdom and The Eye Of Ra. Bastet was depicted as a black cat. Killing a cat, even by accident, was punishable by death. Leave the gooshy food and back away slow.

• Black Cats Will Make You Rich Famous and Awesome!

  

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  In Great Britain and Japan, black cats are considered lucky. Scottish lore has it that a strange black cat wandering into your home will bring you prosperity. You should definitely leave a can of tuna by your open front door tonight.

• Basement Cat Isn't Evil, Just Misunderstood

  

  By Unknown
  Some cultures have attached some negative stigma to black cats. A sort of black cat blasphemy. The most outrageous blacatsphemy (?) is the idea that black cats are somehow evil, associated with the devil, or used by witches as familiars practicing "black" magic. Godly, yes. Mysterious, perhaps. Evil? Nope.

• The Only Magic Here is the Kind That Melts Your Heart

  

  By Unknown
  Because of all the negative attention black cats get, their adoption rates at shelters are generally at least half that of their other colored counterparts. Black cats are two thirds less likely to be adopted than white cats. Millions of cats are euthanized every year and black cats make up the highest proportion of this number, by far.

• The Black Cat Blues

  

  By Unknown
  It is common practice for many shelters to stop allowing black cat adoptions during the month of October to prevent them from being used as party props and returned, or, as urban legend has it, sacrificed on Halloween.

• Give Us a Chance!

  

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  In recognition of the black cat plight, many animal welfare and rescue organizations have started campaigns to promote their beauty and debunk the stigma. There's a wide range of ideas from Black Cat Appreciation Day on August 17 to how to photograph them in their best light!

• Black Cats are the Coolest!

  

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  Now that you know the truth about the awesomeness of black cats, get out there and adopt, support a "no kill" shelter, or find your black kitteh and give him a head bonk.

[AZLiberty]

Black cats have opposable thumbs?

[Daffynition]

I L-O-V-E black cats......[and dogs, for that matter]

Is there a 12-step program for that?

[Gefn]

I want a basement kitty. I always thought they were beautiful.

Besides, didn’t someone famous say all cats are black in the dark?.

[Gefn]

.you both have beautiful Kittehs. I love looking at them

[doorgunner69]

The little buddy I had the longest was a black kitteh I got from the shelter. We bonded instantly, with him reaching out to me through the cage to touch me.

I could not refuse that and did not. He stayed with me through a divorce and subsequent six years of bachelorhood, ever faithful and at my side. No dog could have been a better companion.

We have been Siamese people now for a while, but as I understand it, when a female Siamese gets out on the town, the offspring are often black. That might explain my attachment to black kittehs.

[Cementjungle]

Baby, the mighty huntress:

Well, she's semi-retired from hunting now, but does still enjoy it for sport now and then.

[FredZarguna]

[Cementjungle]

[pbmaltzman]

I have been told by rescuers that it’s even harder to place tortoiseshell cats than it is to place all-black cats. Don’t know why. To me they’re stunningly beautiful!

[doorgunner69]

That little guy has eyes like my dearly departed Sidney had. He used to come up to me while I would be reading in bed and look at me with those big, luminous eyes.

I would tell him "Let's swap eyes, you do not need to see all that well, and I do". They were the most beautiful eyes.

[Slings and Arrows]

The cool ones do.

[Slings and Arrows]

Yeah, the twelve steps to the kitchen to feed the kitty.

[Slings and Arrows]

> Besides, didn’t someone famous say all cats are black in the dark?.

Benjamin Franklin endorsed it. I’m not sure he was talking about cats, though.

[Slings and Arrows]

Kitty instant bonding is amazing. Happened with me and my tomcat.

May you see your buddy at the Rainbow Bridge.

[Slings and Arrows]

Beautiful cat!

[Slings and Arrows]

I thought it was Longcat vs Tacgnol.

[Slings and Arrows]

Beats me. I love torties!

[catnipman]

I’ve always had at least one black cat.

[capt. norm]

Our black cat, “Panther”, was the only black cat in her Siamese mother’s litter......she is quite arrogant and totally ignores other cats.

[crazycatlady]

Benjamin Franklin,supposedly, but he really wasn’t talking about cats.