Black Cats Bad Luck?

Here comes the middle-ages in Europe and the black cat’s popularity crashed big time, associated with witches, black magic and bad luck.

The hysteria of witches and black magic had Europe in a frenzy and any old lady feeding stray cats were often accused of witchcraft.

Their cat companions, some of which were black ones were guilty of black magic simply by association.

People really believed that witches transformed themselves into black cats in order to move about unnoticed.

Even today the association between black cats, witches and Halloween have become a symbol of evil, Satanism and all things bad.

Well, we love our black cats, here they are:

Halloween Pet Safety

 

Because cats continue to have a bad reputation this time of year, it puts them at risk in terms of their physical safety if they’re allowed outdoors. Cats, and most especially black cats, are targets of cruelty. 

Many shelters won’t even adopt out black cats during October just to prevent the potential for abuse. 

If you allow your cat to go out, please begin to bring them indoors.

At the very least, cats should be kept indoors starting a few days before Halloween and continuing for a few days after. If you have a black cat, we recommend keeping your pet indoors at least a week before Halloween. Of course, we wished all cats were indoors exclusively, but if you do have an indoor/outdoor cat and don’t intend on permanently changing his lifestyle, at least consider the safety risks during this specific holiday where cats have historically been the targets of cruelty.

 

Black Cats are Good Luck

Adopt a Black Cat

Below are 3 of the Pagan Kitchen's black cats:

Salem, Voodoo and Halloween...We Love Them!