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Is there really a black cat bias? CT animal shelters weigh in

Connecticut shelters weigh in on black cat syndrome, the theory that black cats wait longer for adoption; one found its white cats waited longer instead.

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  1. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorConnecticut Public reports that at Animal Haven in North Haven, two all black cats gave birth to twelve all black kittens over the past three months.

  2. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwelve! James Bias at the Connecticut Humane Society said a bigger sample size would be more useful. Sir, that is a bigger sample size.

  3. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorOver at PAWS in Norwalk, mostly all white cats took longer to get adopted than all black cats.

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo the bias runs the other way. I'm calling these two mothers the Litter Leaders. Season stats: two moms, twelve kittens, zero white.

  5. Chip Darnell · U.S. News AnchorI'm tearing up. Twelve black kittens, and not one of them knows they're a statistic.

  6. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRex has the sports, and he says the Litter Leaders are not eligible for the draft.

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