Purrs In Our Hearts - Cat Forum UK
Cat General => Cat welfare Issues and News => Topic started by: Smudgey on November 19, 2007, 19:48:14 PM
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5000 Black moggie in care in italy
60,000 killed last year just for being black cos they believe they bring bad luck
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20071117/tod-uk-italy-cats-help-b7e5c6f_1.html
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:( poor poor innocent little souls.
Maybe if Pope Benedict got himself a black cat things would change for the better for these special little kitties.
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:( poor poor innocent little souls.
Maybe if Pope Benedict got himself a black cat things would change for the better for these special little kitties.
I read that he is a great cat lover and, before he moved to the Vatican, had two himself. I even read that he pops back to his former housekeeper to visit them whenever he can. If that is more than PR, then he should be moved to speak out about the black cats :'(
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Poor babies :'( that is so so sad.
RIP gorgeous kitties :RIP:
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poor babies, I do so love pure blacks (just given mine a quick kiss).
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What a sad story - poor little kittens. I wouldn't be without my two all black gorgeous ones for the world
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That's awful, I love black kitties (not that I'm biased or anything). Such a shame they are still believed to bring bad luck :'(
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I woder what the stats would be for this country?
I think half of ours are black at the moment.
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I wonder where those figures come from?
Possibly some ignorant country peasants might be superstitious but I can't imagine the average Italian being that ignorant. :Crazy:
I remember once someone telling me that Greeks would be terrified of me as my eyes are quite blue and they believe that people with blue eyes can put a curse on you :evillaugh: - at the time we agreed it was probably a few peasants that believed that kind of thing.
I'm just hoping it is a myth :scared:
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unfortunatley I think in the older generation this might be an issue, my mil is Italian and would definately not class her self as peasant stock lol! She did however beg us not to get another black cat after Bluto died, we didn't but that was because we felt bad for him
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And look at those gorgeous green eyes.
Someone find the petition for us to sign, thanks.