I should pass this on to the shelter where I've volunteered, also. They were thinking of adopting a ruse used by our local humane society, tying a bandana around the cat's neck before their photograph was taken - another colourful way to make them stand out.

I'll never forget Melissa's post about talking to a shelter worker who said their shelter was so overwhelmed with kittens that all the black ones were killed right away.

I've always loved black cats most of all, preferring that colour to any other, and I simply can't understand why others have an aversion to them. When I adopted Raven, the shelter apologised that he had a small dot of white on his throat because they knew I loved the all-blacks so much. The volunteer who took me around and introduced me to the social-ferals asked me to adopt her favorite because she'd been passed over so many, many times over the years - and she's georgous. People who avoid black cats are missing out.

It's interesting that this thread came up now because I was thinking this morning that I should photograph all my black cats and post a thread on them - Dagda, Belle, Raven, Luke, LOS (Limb of Satan because of her behavior, not her colour), Tom, and the still un-named CH kitten.