Unwanted, Not Unlucky: Boston’s Black Cat Rescue

[joeybee12]

BOSTON — Inside a two-family home in Somerville, Olivia stares at me with bright yellow, unflinching eyes. She has long, silky black hair and pointed ears with pale pink tips.

Susanna Finn adopted Olivia in 2010 from Black Cat Rescue, a no-kill organization in Boston that aims to find homes for black cats. Jennifer Stott, who founded the organization with Samantha McDuffee in 2007, says black cats are often overlooked in shelters and need help.

“Black cats are more common than cats of other colors and people are always looking for ‘special,’ ” says Stott, who owns two black cats. “My advice to adopters is to look beyond the physical and adopt an animal with whom you really connect.”

There is some debate over the notion that black cats are less likely to be adopted. According to the MSPCA, black cats are adopted at the same rate as all other cats.

http://www.wbur.org/2013/10/29/black-cat-rescue-boston

[intaglio]

1. Slightly weird in that black cats over here are lucky

not unlucky, not sure why.

[joeybee12]

2. Where's here?

I assume you're not posting from the USA.

[intaglio]

3. Nope, I'm in the UK n/t

[joeybee12]

4. Aha!

Here animal resuce groups stop adopting out black cats come October 1 because of assholes that think they're unlucky, with-like and will kill them on Halloween.

[Auggie]

5. Black cats have a problem getting adopted in the Bay Area too. n/t

[LiberalElite]

6. I think black dogs also languish in the shelters eom

[Brigid]

7. I have a black kitteh.

I adopted her eight years ago. She is chilling out on my big comfy chair with me right now.

[GoCubsGo]

8. Mine is 12.

She is lounging on my lap at the moment. She was dumped out in the country as a kitten. My old boss rescued her. I also have a black cat niece who is 4 years old. She was adopted on Halloween.