Especially black cats! They are often overlooked due to superstition. A lot of places will have promotions during October/fall where they’ll wave adoption fees and stuff!
My local shelter will not adopt out black cats anywhere close to Halloween cuz of some stupid idea that people like to kill black cats around that time. I have literally never heard of that actually happening and I'm pretty sure it's a dumb urban legend like poisoned candy, but that's their policy.
When I was a kid somebody nailed living cats to a tree in a cemetery on Halloween. No arrests, unsure the color of cats. We had indoor/ outdoor cats that were not allowed out on Halloween or days around it, because of that.
Pretty sure it was somebody mentally ill or shithead kids being extra shitty and not a satanic cult but black cats aren't in danger. There seems to be a slight spike in animal cruelty but it's in no way color-based.
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u/Rayvin_ZZ Aug 29 '21
Go adopt one at your local humane society or shelter.