Halloween won't be scary for shelter's black cats
Last Updated Oct 19 2005 11:32 AM CDT
CBC News
An animal shelter in Saskatoon says it will stop adopting out black cats in the days leading up to and following Halloween.
<b>Black cats are sometimes abused around Halloween, the SPCA says</b><br><i>Photo courtesy Kim Mazzucco</i>
Black cats are sometimes abused around Halloween, the SPCA says
Photo courtesy Kim Mazzucco
"It's to protect them and make sure they're not going to be taken for granted as a novelty," said Tiffiny Koback, shelter director at the Saskatoon SPCA.
In folklore, black cats been long been associated with witches and magic, she noted. On some years around Halloween, this has resulted in black cats being
the focus of attacks.
"One year, we had a case where a number of young adults were torturing black cats at a strip mall," she said. "We had one black cat brought in that appeared
to have been assaulted with a foreign object."
The SPCA is also worried that some people might think it would be fun to have a black cat around the house around Halloween, but then lose interest in their
pet once trick-or-treating is over.
Note:We hope our Jaspur, our black cat, will be safe, and wish for safety for all black cats at this time of year.
Lauren Merryfield,
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