Lhe news is unbelievable. Several animal associations have stopped the adoption of black cats and invite those who have them to keep them under lock and key during this time. The night of the witches is approaching and, for them, the risks are too many: too many reports of pitch-colored cats that have disappeared in recent days, likely prey to similar satanic sects or people prone to bad so-called esoteric games.
Black cats in danger on Halloween
A temporary stop to the adoption of black cats came from Anna Ubbiali, a volunteer and famous “cat lady” from Urgnano, through a message on her Facebook page «Anna’s cats». Requests for black cats with Halloween just around the corner need to be handled with great care and caution, according to Ubbiali. For this reason “We will not publish adoptions and there will be no adoptions of black cats for the entire month of October and mid-November”.
But also the Facebook profile of Anpana Siena warns: keep an eye out for black cats.
A similar invitation from the former parliamentarian, an activist for the environment and animals Filippo Maturi on his Facebook account.
“They bring bad luck”, the reasons for a bad reputation
The fame of the black cat, evil companion of witches and the ideal protagonist of Halloween even before the party took hold of us, dates back to the Middle Ages. According to the inquisitorial tradition, the witch is accompanied by a familiara demon in animal disguise, so that he can assist her in her work of desecrating God’s work. Familiar that can look like a toad, mouse, crow or even a black cat.
The origin of the rumor of the bad luck brought by the black cat crossing the road? Just think of the trouble it can create the sudden crossing of the road of the feline, black and with yellow eyes in the dark night, in an age when the means of transport is the horse.
Good luck of the past? Until a certain point. Even today, black cats are the least in demand in the adoption phase. To keep the evil eye at bay or for … image reasons.
The least adopted. Also because (it is said) not very instagrammable
The news will shock those who love animals but it seems that the prejudice that hangs on black cats they look bad in photos on Instagram. The institution of Black Cat Day on November 17 has the opposite purpose: restore dignity and sing the praises, at least for a day, of these splendid felines mistreated by history.
The madness for which the black cat would bring bad luck contrasts with common sense but also with diametrically opposed beliefs. If in fact in Italy, Spain and the United States many consider them “diabolical” and linked to black magic, in England, Scotland and Japan they are very popular and it is believed that meeting them is a good omen. If you have any doubts about it, just ask the Egyptians, who in ancient times considered them sacred animals, regardless of the color of the coat. It is no coincidence that one of the deities, Bastet, was represented by a black cat.
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