Black Cats Might Be Getting Adopted Thanks To "Black Panther" And It's Pretty Great

Black cats 4 the win.

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Julie Gerstein
Julie Gerstein
BuzzFeed Staff

Black cats: cute as heck. Just look at this blep!

But also prone to superstition and rumor. It's a widely held belief that if a black cat crosses your path, you'll incur bad luck.

All that ~might~ be changing, though, thanks to the blockbuster success of Black Panther.

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Tumblr user Gallusrostromegalus wrote that their local shelter in Durango, Colorado, was inundated with people who were looking to make Black Panther–inspired adoptions.

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And one Alamo Drafthouse in Richardson, Texas, held a black cat adoption event in conjunction with a screening.

But! Before you get too excited about all this great adoption news, the ASPCA would like you to know that it hasn't really seen a huge increase in adoptions — at least across NYC — so the adoption stories might just be anecdotal.

But that might be OK, though, because according to the ASPCA, black cats aren't actually at an adoption disadvantage.

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"The belief that black animals are less desired is a widely held misconception," a spokesperson said. "In fact, year after year we have found black cats and dogs are adopted more than any other color of animals."

So the moral of the story: Black cats are cute and adoptable, and Black Panther is a great and inspiring movie.

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