Called a Witch

[michelene]

As Zippy-Kat said, the bright side of this event is that Glory is back in a safe place and can be adopted out to a good forever home. I will keep the intention of finding Glory's best forever home in my prayers.

As for the young lady who was unsuccessful in adopting Glory, she has uncovered some family prejudices she must deal with if she is to adopt any pet, especially a cat. Eradicating the negative misconceptions held by family members who lack positive experiences with pets takes a long time. Sometimes it takes many years of living happily with a pet before other family members can even accept that the pet is a permanent part of our life.

In my case, it also required a spouse who loved the animals and fully supported the decision to adopt. I had to be very stubborn every time my parents would insist that the cats were the cause of all my health problems and I should get rid of them. Yes, I have allergic asthma and I am allergic to cats, but I would rather take the asthma and allergy medications every day than give up the companionship of my Buster and the other three cats.

[NoahsMommy]

Me too Michelene! My babies are totally worth the allergy and asthma medicine I take!!

[tuxluvr]

Originally posted by yorkster
What??? I can't believe there are still people out there that think like that!

In the 'dark ages' many cats were killed/burned because of those beliefs, and what resulted was a plague (black plague?) that wiped-out a large portion of the population, due to the rodent population getting so far out of control. Don't these people know any history?

Amen, Yorkster!! Ignorance has always been its own reward (or punishment)

And Glory looks so much like Casper I did a double take!! What a beautiful face!

When Ritz curls up in "tucked mode" she looks like an all black cat.

[wayne0214]

I have 4 black cats, all males and two are large for their age. There is one I named Shadow. He is a huge cat for being only 7 months old. Since I havn't weighed him in a while, I'd say he is approaching at least 12 lbs. All of my black cats, including Jumper, are all very affectionate. I suppose I'm a "male witch" also! 'Sorry to hear of a woman with a 14th-century mentality. I don't worry about the daughter eventually being on her own, however, and owning some (black) cats, in due time.

The boubonic plague was brought from the East, through the fleas on rats that boarded ships. Many black cats were killed because of religious superstition before the disease struck Europe. The worst of the plague outbtreak was in the year 1364.


...........wayne

[yorkster]

Originally posted by wayne0214
I have 4 black cats, all males and two are large for their age. There is one I named Shadow. He is a huge cat for being only 7 months old. Since I havn't weighed him in a while, I'd say he is approaching at least 12 lbs. All of my black cats, including Jumper, are all very affectionate. I suppose I'm a "male witch" also! 'Sorry to hear of a woman with a 14th-century mentality. I don't worry about the daughter eventually being on her own, however, and owning some (black) cats, in due time.

The boubonic plague was brought from the East, through the fleas on rats that boarded ships. Many black cats were killed because of religious superstition before the disease struck Europe. The worst of the plague outbtreak was in the year 1364.


...........wayne

Wayne, that would make you a warlock! ha-ha.....

[yorkster]

Originally posted by Casper_Kitty
oh my...am I a witch now because of Casper?
Ok...gonna put a spell on everyone so they would take very good care of their furkids!

good one Casper and kitty! that's a great idea.........

[libracats]

Wow everyone, Thanks for all the replies. I posted this and then got off the computer. I,too, love black kitties. I have one, Vienna, and a few B&W's as well. I was just so outraged by this incident I had to share. We will find a place for Glory. In the mean time, she does live in someones home and is not caged. But I'm sure it was a bit tramatizing for her.
lynnestankard, I had heard that black cats were concidered lucky in England. You guys sure have the right idea

[lbaker]

well this so called brother, and mother had better look out...HAH my brother would NEVER betray me this way....poo

[lynnestankard]

Thanks Spencer - very interesting reading all the other remarks before this poor girls Mum started on about Witches - how sad to be so deluded eh?