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Let's All Give Black Cats the Love They Deserve!
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| 3/27/14
Posted on 03/27/2014 9:02:47 PM PDT by 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!
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The Ancient World Understood the Godliness of Black Cats
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.
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Black Cats Will Make You Rich Famous and Awesome!
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.
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Basement Cat Isn't Evil, Just Misunderstood
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.
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The Only Magic Here is the Kind That Melts Your Heart
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.
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The Black Cat Blues
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.
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Give Us a Chance!
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!
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Black Cats are the Coolest!
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.
TOPICS: Humor; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: kittyping
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To: Twotone
It is both itsy-bitsy and teeny-weenie.
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posted on
03/28/2014 11:27:59 AM PDT
by
Slings and Arrows
(Richard Warman censors free speech.)
To: exDemMom
"I used to have two black cats, a sister and brother pair
named Kinky and Straight (for their tail shapes)"
Did you ever have to call go outside and call out "KIIIIINKY!" at the top of your lungs when trying to find her?
Wooda like ta see that . . .
To: TheOldLady; Slings and Arrows
I think I can speak for everyone here when I say you will be at the Rainbow Bridge my friend.
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posted on
03/28/2014 12:06:21 PM PDT
by
Gefn
(All good kitties go to the Rainbow Bridge;Holly 2/1999-12/2013)
To: Gefn; Slings and Arrows
That’s very sweet, my friend, and much appreciated.
To: Slings and Arrows
No polka-dots, though! :-)
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posted on
03/28/2014 5:54:17 PM PDT
by
Twotone
(Marte Et Clypeo)
To: freedomlover
Ah, no, they were indoor kitties so I never had to yell outside for Kinky.
I had a coworker whose British neighbor would go outside and yell for “Pussy”, thereby irritating my coworker no end. And yes, the British guy was fully aware of the American connotation of that word.
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posted on
03/29/2014 7:08:54 AM PDT
by
exDemMom
(Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
To: Slings and Arrows
Black cats are my favorites.....sleek, beautiful and pawsome purrsonalities....
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posted on
03/31/2014 10:11:45 AM PDT
by
Fawn
("My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge" Hosea 4:6)
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