Black cat blackout for Halloween

Be sure to keep your black cats inside, as Halloween is
days away. Come to think of it, keep all cats inside at
all times.

Be sure to keep your black cats inside, as Halloween is
days away. Come to think of it, keep all cats inside at
all times.


Good advice. Halloween is a very bad time to be a cat. :-(

Sherry

Sherry wrote:

Be sure to keep your black cats inside, as Halloween is
days away. Come to think of it, keep all cats inside at
all times.

Good advice. Halloween is a very bad time to be a cat. :-(

I hear this a lot, but is it true? I know there are a lot of crazy,
cruel people out there, but I just wonder if there are any statistics
that show that Halloween is any worse for cats, black ones in particular,
than any other date in the year.

This is not a rhetorical question, by the way - I really don't know.

My rescue group's next mobile adoptions is Saturday, Nov. 1. I have
two black foster kittens - should I wait another week to bring them,
or do you think they'll be safe by Nov. 1?

In any case, I keep all my cats inside, except for Smudge who goes
out on a leash (she will be kept inside on Friday).

Joyce

wrote:

snip

My rescue group's next mobile adoptions is Saturday, Nov. 1. I have
two black foster kittens - should I wait another week to bring them,
or do you think they'll be safe by Nov. 1?


I would call the rescue group and ask them. They might not be having the
adoption event that day.

Sherry wrote:

Be sure to keep your black cats inside, as Halloween is
days away. Come to think of it, keep all cats inside at
all times.

Good advice. Halloween is a very bad time to be a cat. :-(

I hear this a lot, but is it true? I know there are a lot of crazy,
cruel people out there, but I just wonder if there are any statistics
that show that Halloween is any worse for cats, black ones in particular,
than any other date in the year.

This is not a rhetorical question, by the way - I really don't know.

This is just anecdotal from my own experience, but no, I have never known a cat
to be the victim of Halloween abuse specifically on the 31st.The only animal I
have known personally to suffer abuse on that night was a Collie. I'm sure
cases do exist though. I *don't* think they are "Satan worshippers" like the
media is so fond of feeding us. I think tthey're just mean teenager wanna-bes.
But that's just me
But mostly what I was referring to was the whole Halloween thing. Increased
traffic. Little goblins running around shrieking alone is enough to scare a cat
to death. We're still in a town old-fashioned enough that Halloween is a
full-scale invasion of children. Even in the house, I used to lock them up in
the bedroom when I lived in town. The doorbell constantly ringing and loud
little people scared them, and I was afraid one would run out when the door was
opened.

Sherry