Top 10 Reasons to Adopt a Black Cat

Yay!! See? There are people out there who can look past color!!

Originally Posted by MuttigreeMom

I just adopted a black cat this morning!

Too funny. I came on here just to check in with everyone and get name suggestions and this is the first thread I saw

I'll start another thread for the names so I don't hijack this one... but just had to add a new black ball of fur to this thread too!

Click to expand...

Wonderful!!!



Must have pics!

I agree!!!! Adopting a black cat- or ANY cat for that matter from a shelter saves a life!!! Black cats and Older cats are the last ones to get adopted at most of the shelters around here. So much so, that at the last shelter i was at as a volunteer - we hosted "Black Cat" adoption days- they were huge successes and we screened only the best homes for them!!! We also would not adopt out around halloween time (because of the evil things some aweful people will try to do to them!). My little Velvet (named after the song black velvet) was my first kitty, and she is now 11 yrs old She is my little angel and i could not have been blessed with a sweeter kitty!!!

Also- while we are on the topic of animals who get adopted the least in shelters- if any of you are considering adopting a dog- please consider adopting large black dogs (especially lab mixes) they are normally the last ones to go in shelters as far as dogs go. So are larger breeds like german shepherd mixes and pit mixes.

I've always wanted a black kitty! I think they are just so majestic and sleek

Originally Posted by babyharley

I've always wanted a black kitty! I think they are just so majestic and sleek

Click to expand...

Come visit me someday & I can sooo make it happen!!

Originally Posted by white cat lover

Come visit me someday & I can sooo make it happen!!

Click to expand...

Let me get a bigger place, and I'll be adopting one! Just last night we had our boys outside and John looks at me & says... "Lets get nother one..." Me: NO WAY! In our apartment, 2 is ENOUGH! Although our landlord offered to give us his cat

i love black cats , i have 2 of my own , and my mum had 2 when we was growing up. they have so much love. but i have found there the least likely to be adopted as well as black and white cats.
when ever someone has asked me if iv rescued/taken in any cats they say as long as its not black?? i do try to tell them that there so loving , but some people just dont get it. i had one person come to me saying they was a boring colour.!!!!

Well, look at it this way....when you're ready, you don't have to worry about convincing John!

Two of my cats were black.

I LOVE black cats! Beautiful , sleek (not always, though--I have had a few porkers), sexy and mysterious--and I do think they are more affectionate. I now have 3; 1 is a black Maine Coon-type male, whom I call, "You magnificent beast!" He truly is a stunning cat--he's huge, but not fat; and has a long, plume-like tail, and gorgeous, shiny, silky-soft black fur. He has a rather canine look about his face--or more like a black wolf (he has a bit of a ruff). My other 2 boys are tuxedos--kind of chubby, but so beautiful (and have the sweetest natures). My "former" cat (the one my Mom insisted I leave with her when I left to get married), is a sort of Bombay-type--all black, shiny, with yellow eyes; sadly, she's one of the "porkers"--almost 20 lbs.! She's been on diet food for 3 years; yet gains weight. I've taken Selene to various vets, who can't find anything wrong with her, and keep prescribin diet food, which Mom does measure out exactly; she has no other pets, and Selene is an indoor cat, so she's not getting food elsewhere.

MargeCat

Originally Posted by StarryEyedTiGeR

Also- while we are on the topic of animals who get adopted the least in shelters- if any of you are considering adopting a dog- please consider adopting large black dogs (especially lab mixes) they are normally the last ones to go in shelters as far as dogs go. So are larger breeds like german shepherd mixes and pit mixes.

Click to expand...

And black lab mixes are such fabulous dogs too! But then again, maybe I'm biased

My two were the last of their groups. No one wanted Karma because she was black and had a stub tail (not cut - it's a birth defect). No one wanted Buddha because he was the largest (and only black) puppy of his litter. Meanwhile they're the two sweetest dogs in the world. Guess I'm just the lucky one!

Yay for black furbabies!

I love black babies!

They are just the best

I have several black cats, my adult ferals (3) are black and I have 2 black dogs. LOL Our local shelter told me once that they don't "keep" black animals. They are hard to adopt out so when they get one in, it's pts in a day or 2.

Originally Posted by ChrissyR

I have several black cats, my adult ferals (3) are black and I have 2 black dogs. LOL Our local shelter told me once that they don't "keep" black animals. They are hard to adopt out so when they get one in, it's pts in a day or 2.

Click to expand...

Really? It never occurred to me that there were "animal racists". It makes me so sad to think that people purposely don't adopt a cat just because of its colour. I honestly thought that no one really believed in the black cat/bad luck thing, but I guess I'm wrong. I feel terrible thinking that my darling Nigel would be considered undesirable because of his "boring" fur. He's such a darling, funny, sweet little thing, who wouldn't want him!

i would really like to have another bombay,
that was the first cat i ever had. I got her from the APL for $25 as a gift for someone else. lol well she stayed with me.

my black cat is Cricket, cause she jumps around like a crazy bug. She's our second hand kitty. I had no idea that black cats don't get adopted. I don't care if she's black and she don't care if I''m fat, so wer'e a good match

There is a very special place in my home for black kitties. When I was a little girl my Grandma's cat Izzy was a black DLH. The first thing she ever did to me was swat my hand and scratch me. She then curled up in my lap and took a nap. I was in love with cats ever since.

I'm sure you all have seen this story already, but it seemed fitting for this thread...

So in case anyone hasn't seen it...

http://www.ad-design.biz/Dawsonville...jellybean.html

I also have 2 black cats, both were strays and affectionate - especially Luvbug.

There are also lots of black cats here in our shelters as well, followed by tabbies.

I adopted my black cat, Reggae, and his tortie sister, Tiki from the shelter when they were 8 months old. They were the last of their litter, and had been there since they were kittens. That was over a year ago, and Reggae is the best cat I have ever had. He loves me more than anything. I too LOVE black cats!