How Animal Shelters Protect Black Cats During Halloween Season

HUNTINGTON, WV (WOWK) – As Halloween approaches, many are excited to celebrate the season, but for some felines the experience might be a little different.

“I know a lot of pictures of black cats are surfacing around Halloween and some people are concerned that weird people will harm black cats as Halloween approaches,” said Courtney Proctor Cross, executive director of the shelter for animals Huntington Cabell Wayne.

There is a stigma behind black cats during the Halloween season, so shelters like the Huntington Cabell Wayne Animal Shelter are working really hard to keep these little guys safe.

Cross says that just three years ago, the shelter did not adopt black cats between October and November. It was a fair policy to make sure the animals were protected.

Now the shelter has a different policy that allows them to perform adoptions year round.

“We’re doing a vet check and referrals, and if none of these things happened, we would probably wait or do a little more checking to make sure nothing bad was happening with this adoption,” Cross explained.

She says the shelter wanted to find a way around the stigma to find safe and loving homes for these dogs.

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