Black Cat Appreciation Day

[vilakins]

Apparently it was Black Cat Appreciation Day yesterday (17th) in the US. They're adopted last there (my Sebastian, shown here, was at the Lonely Miaow months after his sibs, but that may have been shyness) and are five times more likely to be put to sleep at shelters in the US because of this, but why? Stupid superstition? [Edit: yes, apparently, they're regarded as bad luck there.] Going by the black cats I've known, they're stunningly beautiful, sweet-natured, and so loving and faithful. Adopting Sebastian was one of the best decisions I've made.


Just after we adopted him


In a snuggler


In the garden

What's not to love?

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[vilakins.livejournal.com]

I've briefly had two other blacks, a stray who turned up, and a rescue from a garage where a woman was keeping her unwanted gift) and would have kept them if our other cats at the time had accepted them, but I found good homes for both. My sister and one of Greg's had black cats who were utterly lovely, so when I decided on a third, I thought it would be, well, third time lucky, and they all get on very well.

So now I have a sepia, a B&W (Ashley's fur is, if you look closely), and a black, all monochromes! Before that it was grey Claudia and dark-brown Tessa who was sometimes taken for black (see icon).