Posts Tagged ‘black’
Photo Hunt Saturday: Black
Bella has black fur on the bottoms of her paws, here are her back paws:
And the front paws:
She is not happy about me holding her gigantic paws up for picture taking!
Would You Adopt a Black Dog or Cat?
Did you know that cats and dogs with black coats have a lower adoption rate at shelters and are euthanized more often than other pets?
In some shelters, up to 40% of the cats that are euthanized are black.
This phenomenon is so common in black dogs that it is now called Black Dog Syndrome (BDS). 
I don’t see that it matters what color an animal is, but some folks think that they just don’t stand out as much, so people really don’t notice them. And also there are all kinds of weird superstitions about black cats.
Some animal rescue groups came up with the idea of promoting Black Friday adoptions, now there are hundreds of Black Friday Adopt-a-thons held from one end of the country to another. I personally have no interest in the “Black Friday” shopping frenzy but anything that will help animals get adopted into good, loving homes has my support. Whatever works. 
This post brings up memories of my beautiful black Sunflower, a cat I got from the shelter years ago. She spent 19 years with me, and I still miss her.
