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Black Cats

grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
edited October 2012 in General Discussion
Is this really a Problem. Know when I did let mine roam I used to keep them in at this time of year. I had 3 now down to 1 Black cat.

quote:In the lead-up to Halloween, some cat rescue groups have placed a moratorium on releasing black kitties into the bewildering wilds of humanity over fears for their safety. People "do horrible things to cats, especially black cats, this month; I mean ritual torture and killing," claimed Lynda Garibaldi of Cat's Cradle, N.C., in a press release. Margaret Baker, of The Animal Orphanage, in Old Town, Maine, concurs. "People use them for sacrificing," she said. The Humane Society disagrees, saying there's no evidence of feline sacrifice and that talking to potential adopters to gauge their suitability is sufficient. So if you are set on adopting a black cat before October 31, be sure and hide those cloven hoofs and pentagram tattoos

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  • llamallama Member Posts: 2,637 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    We had a litter of all black kittens that were 7 weeks on halloween a few years back... didn't start giving them out until mid november.

    Probably a lot of urban legend to this, but why take chances?
  • grumpygygrumpygy Member Posts: 48,464 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Mine must have read the Article he is Hiding in the closet.[:o)]
  • fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,554 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    black cats are cool i rescued 2 little ones that were on thier last days ,i think mother was killed up the road..they were about a 10 days old skin and bones..i feed them and played mama cat,taught them how to litter[^]and gave them all over rubs,they would sleep on my chest under a blanket..as they got older they learned when and were the bed was,when we got in in less that 5 min you could hear them get out of the box and come down the hall and climb the bed and procced to go crazy for a few mins before curling up with us,the neighbor got the big one, we kept the runt that GREW and was called moose[^]sadly he miss judged the road on the 4th of july 2008[V]
  • MudderChuckMudderChuck Member Posts: 4,105
    edited November -1
    I had a female black Cat for around 9 years. I really wish I hadn't gotten her spayed, she was the best Mouser and Rat catcher I've ever had. She was tiny, we called her Mini Cat or just Mini, she was 3-4 pounds full grown. She'd take out Rats nearly as big as she was.
    I had a reflective color on her, but she still got flattened by a car.

    Her replacement was a useless klutz. He never caught a mouse that I know of, the only thing he ever caught was baby birds in the nest. He'd regularly fall out of trees, on his back. Or go to jump onto something and miss. While entertaining in a sick sort of way, he was basically useless.

    We periodically have people come through and collect Cats for the Bio Lab at the University. The University used to buy them, no questions asked. So many people complained they stopped that, or they say they stopped it. You'd see a rash of lost Cat posters around, then a few months later another rash of posters being put up. The Cat rustlers would keep on the move so they wouldn't get caught.
  • gesshotsgesshots Member Posts: 15,678 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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    The best 1 1/2 inchers going!!! [^][:D]
    It's being willing. I found out early that most men, regardless of cause or need, aren't willing. They blink an eye or draw a breath before they pull the trigger. I won't. ~ J.B. Books
  • fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,554 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    childs toys...home made dipped in black paint are the best[^]
  • armilitearmilite Member Posts: 35,490 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    How could this be a problem??????

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  • River RatRiver Rat Member Posts: 9,022
    edited November -1
    It's not your Daddy's Halloween anymore. There's some serious bad stuff going down out there on the 31st.
  • montanajoemontanajoe Forums Admins, Member, Moderator Posts: 60,159 ******
    edited November -1
    ....they should first be spayed or nuetered,,,,[;)][;)]
  • JasonVJasonV Member Posts: 2,481 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    When I hear Black Cats I think of the 213th Aviation Company in the ROK

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    formerly known as warpig883
  • He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 51,593 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Your pet cats should never go outside. There are extremely hard on wildlife that has never dealt with a small feline predator, they get dreadful diseases from feral cats, and they end up dead on roads.
  • fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,554 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    miss kitty is as free to do what she wants as well as every thing else man,mouse,ect[^]
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