Does your local shelter not allow black cat adoptions during the month of Halloween? I have not read my small town local paper in ages, but they usually post a notice every year about not allowing black cat adoptions during the month of October. In fact, they used to not allow the adoption of solid white cats during October either. They are still afraid of the cats being used in Satanic rituals, which is kind of silly. I had asked a shelter worker about this one time.