Italy's "black cat day"

[Enlighten]

Italy's "black cat day" aims to halt killings
Reuters
Sat Nov 17, 2007

ROME (Reuters) - Saturday is "black cat day", in Italy, an initiative by an animal rights group to try to stop the killing of thousands of the cats by superstitious citizens convinced they bring bad luck.
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Full: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071117/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_italy_cats_help;_ylt=AmjJUMD.pieFbiIOgTd1 cqgPLBIF

[Aepervius]

Jeez both my cat are black. Name are Lilith and loki (hihi). Still I do wonder on those number cited : 60.000 catr killed per year is a lot even for cat-hating...

[Alice Shortcake]

I'm the proud owner of a black cat named...Daisy. She was already four years old when I got her from an animal shelter so I thought it was a bit late in the day to burden her with a spooky name!

[Snow]

where a papal edict in the middle ages declared they were instruments of the devil

Twiglet, an instrument of the devil?

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_34347408bc237a74.jpg (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=9285)

That pope was crazy!

[Bell]

I thought the black cat (ie NWO Kitty) did all the killing?

[-Fran-]

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_172024740d8b3d600b.jpg (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=9292)

Here's MY black cat, and yeah, she's evil! Look how she sits there on the coffins... being evil! :p

Seriously though, that's horrible... :(

[Locknar]

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_172024740d8b3d600b.jpg (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=9292)

Here's MY black cat, and yeah, she's evil! Look how she sits there on the coffins... being evil! :p

Seriously though, that's horrible... :(
Hold me, i'm scared :jaw-dropp

[-Fran-]

Hold me, i'm scared :jaw-dropp

:D Hey, I know my ideas of home decoration is... weird, but... ;)

[EeneyMinnieMoe]

I have a gray cat. Does that count for anything? :rolleyes:

Here's an adorable photograph my sister took last Christmas, so you can all squeal and coo over her, too. :)

[Locknar]

:D Hey, I know my ideas of home decoration is... weird, but... ;)
I dunno....I thought the pic just screamed "happy holidays" :)

/Brick

[-Fran-]

I have a gray cat. Does that count for anything? :rolleyes:

Here's an adorable photograph my sister took last Christmas, so you can all squeal and coo over her, too. :)

Awww!

Grey cats are only half-evil, don't you know? ;) And she's the spitting image of my gray old lady.

[-Fran-]

I dunno....I thought the pic just screamed "happy holidays" :)

/Brick

*LOL* yeah, holidays usually don't get much happier than that around here. This is my fave Christmas decoration to put up:

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_172024740e30729136.jpg (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=9294)

;)

[Horatius]

Hmph. You guys don't know anything about evil!

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/94904555496e8385d.jpg

[UnrepentantSinner]

Hatshepsut was a pain in the ass, but she definately wasn't evil.
http://forums.randi.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=1880&d=1145978794

[shemp]

They have it wrong. Black cats aren't instruments of the devil. ALL cats are instruments of the devil! (My cats prove this constantly.)

[Cainkane1]

Full: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20071117/od_uk_nm/oukoe_uk_italy_cats_help;_ylt=AmjJUMD.pieFbiIOgTd1 cqgPLBIF

A healthy well fed black cat is a beautiful pet. Superstition is a bad thing. Poor cats.

[Beelzebubba]

They are so evil, they have even been seen taking cookies from children!

http://www.240studio.com/nigel.jpg

Our own beloved Nigel is something of a bada$$, but evil? Not quite.

[Alice Shortcake]

Jeez both my cat are black. Name are Lilith and loki (hihi). Still I do wonder on those number cited : 60.000 catr killed per year is a lot even for cat-hating...

It sounds like an exaggeration, but there are LOTS of feral cats in Italy. Anyone who has visited the Coliseum will know exactly what I mean...:eye-poppi