Quad City shelter works to break black cat stigma

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentQuad City Animal Welfare Center has more than sixty black cats up for adoption out of about a hundred cats total, WQAD reports.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentA 2020 study found black cats had the lowest adoption rates of any shelter cats, and October was the worst month for them.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentOctober? The month they're on every poster?

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentYes. The center says it hasn't seen statistics showing October adoptions are dangerous. Superstition is the whole problem.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRoll it. This is file footage, not the shelter's cats, but look at this one. Green eyes, staring straight up.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentNow the head turn to the side. Fine, that was good.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentWatch this, it looks up again, eyes wide, then tilts left. That cat just read the study.

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   Dr. Nina Byte · Tech & Science CorrespondentViral Score, eight out of ten, because the tilt left was a full ten degrees of pure charm.

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   Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentHalloween is the only sponsor that charges the cat.