40 Wholesome Pics Of Black Cats To Show They Have Nothing To Do With Bad Luck

Black cats are thought to bring bad luck—but we think they’re absolutely adorable, ultra pettable, and cuddletastic. Not to mention utterly magnificent and, really, just tinier versions of noble panthers. That’s why Bored Panda compiled this mega-awesome super-duper massively-fluffy list of the cutest and funniest pictures of black cats.

There are plenty of superstitions surrounding black cats. Sadly, some of them are negative. For instance, in the Middle Ages, cats were thought to have a close link to black magic and witchcraft. In fact, these adorable cats were thought to be witches in disguise! This led to a lot of kitties ending up hurt as they were punished alongside witches in 13th century Europe and 17th century Massachusetts. Nowadays, black cats are still sometimes seen as symbols of the mystical. And what Halloween party is complete without someone dressing up as a cute cat or putting up a prop of a feline in a witch’s hat?

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Black Cat

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Laugh or not 4 years ago

Ooh someone is ready to pounce. All feet are in danger!

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My Twin Black Cats That Like To Sleep Mirrored Did This Position Last Night

My twin black cats that like to sleep mirrored did this position last night

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glowworm2 4 years ago

They are adorable!

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My Black Cat Looks Like My White Cat’s Shadow

My black cat looks like my white cat’s shadow

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Evelína Zlá 4 years ago

I hope his name is Peter...

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The other major superstition associates black cats with bad luck and, by extension, death. Once again, this belief has its roots in the Middle ages when it was thought that not only dark cat fur colors but any dark colored animals were linked with death.

In 16th-century Italy, for example, if a black cat were to lie down on someone’s sickbed, it was thought that death (or rather Death with a capital “D”) was about to pay them a visit.

As I Look Into The Abyss, The Abyss Looks Into Me

As I look into the abyss, the abyss looks into me

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"Have you seen the pair of eyes I bought at the store?"

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In Most Western Cultures, Black Cats Are Considered A Bad Omen. But In Scottish Lore, The Arrival Of A Strange Black Cat Signifies Prosperity.

In most western cultures, these beautiful cats are considered a bad omen. But in Scottish lore, the arrival of a strange black cat signifies prosperity

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Hermione Granger 4 years ago

Oh My Gosh! So cute!

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Black Cat

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Shelbs 4 years ago

"LOOK HOW LOUD WE CAN YELL!"

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In modern times, some of us still hang onto the belief that if a black cat crosses your path, you’ll be in for some bad luck. Similarly, a white cat crossing your path is said to bring good luck. But do you know what we think? We believe that a cute cat crossing your path is definitely great luck.

When we take a closer look at different cultures, we realize that they have different understandings of what encountering a black cat means. For instance, in ancient Egypt, darker cat colors were considered good luck, protected you from disease, and gave a boost to your fertility.

Construction Workers Put High-Visual Jacket On Black Cat So It Doesn't Get Hurt

Construction workers put high-visual jacket on black pet cat so it doesn't get hurt

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Val 4 years ago

You forgot a helmet

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Her First Swedish Winter Came As Quite The Surprise!

Our silly cat wasn't prepared for her first Swedish winter!

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DforDorothy 4 years ago (edited)

What a starry face! ☺️🌟

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I Heard A Noise Coming From Under The Couch And This Is What I Saw When I Looked Down

I heard a noise coming from under the couch and this is what I saw when I looked down

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Anne 4 years ago

I think he also heard the noise.. you better check ..

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Meanwhile, in Japan, spotting a black cat means that you’ll have luck finding love. While seeing a cat on your porch or in your doorway implies that you’ll be prosperous soon. Similarly, in France, seeing a black cat meant that something magical was about to happen.

It’s great to know that not all superstitions are stereotypically negative. Especially considering how many black cats we’ve crammed into this list!

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Black Cat

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Hollie Houghton-Bullen 4 years ago

Those eyes are stunning!!

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Perfect Camouflage

Perfect camouflage

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Whalee Freedom 4 years ago

Took me a bit to find 😂

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Blep

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Nora 4 years ago

Derp

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It's Toothless!

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MagicalUnicorn 4 years ago

oh my god, fluffull toothless, the cutest <3

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Hi Is Not A Devil. He Is Just A Cat In Flour

He is not a devil. He is just a cat in flour

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Daria B 4 years ago

And he's not amused.

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"This Character Has Not Been Unlocked Yet"

"This character has not been unlocked yet"

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Hans 4 years ago

"To earn this achievement, you need to beat the Vet Overlord in his hide."

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Black Cat

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Pamela24 4 years ago

A little ball of darkness!

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3:30am Zoomies Must Be Incredible

3:30am zoomies must be incredible

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Hans 4 years ago

How many black cats did you own when you went to bed? Looks like the summoned their siblings.

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Black Cat

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Samantha Lomb 4 years ago

Soon there will be butt wiggles and pouncies

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Black Kitty Enjoys Some Warm Ground Lighting.

Black kitty enjoys some warm ground lighting

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Peejay Galona 4 years ago

He will give you a quest.

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Black Cats

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Janine B. 4 years ago

Cuuuuuties!!!

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I Thought This Photo I Took Of My Black Cat Shows Off How Amazing Their Eyes Are

I thought this photo I took of my black cat shows off how amazing their eyes are

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Val 4 years ago

Looks like this beauty has a nose ring

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This Is What I Saw When I Woke From My Nap...

This is what I saw when I woke from my nap...

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Hans 4 years ago

U sleepz, I sleepz.

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Black Cat

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Rissie 4 years ago

Oh my, cuteness overload!

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Black Cat On A Bed.

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Val 4 years ago

Charades: Mouse attack? Eating corn? Telling a scary story? Dracula? Carved pumpkin?

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Give The Older Shlter Kitties A Chance. Best Hugs Ever

Give the older shelter kitties a chance. Best hugs ever

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Rissie 4 years ago

Yes. They. Are.

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My Heart Just Melted When I Saw That In The Subway

My heart just melted when I saw that in the subway

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Hans 4 years ago

Asto-cat returns!

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Rissie 4 years ago

All of these are beauties!

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Hermione Granger 4 years ago

If having a black cat is wrong, I don't want to be right!

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Sterling Wible 4 years ago

I have a black cat and all it does is bring joy to the family the may say there bad luck but there not they may be a cat and knock over a few things but that’s a cat so I think all cats are good and a black cat us the cherry on top to the cat family.

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LittleMissLotus 4 years ago

Idk why people think black cats are unlucky... If I came across one of these cuties I'd consider myself very lucky!

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Iggy 4 years ago

Black cats rule! It's only in America that black cats are considered bad luck. Over here on the other side of the Atlantic, they were always considered good luck. But perhaps it's best not to determine one's future by the colour of a cat! :-D

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Grace Marraffa 4 years ago

My heart melted so many times, it is unbelivable

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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago

Always have owned black cats. They are just as wonderful as all other felines. (Typed while Black Dahlia sits on my lap!)

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Cori 4 years ago

While I was reading these, my cat tried to jump onto a stack of books on a stool, missed, fell in a graceless heap, popped up, looked around to see if anyone noticed, then tried to casually walk it off. While I was typing, he tried again, made it this time, then proceeded to knock the books off the stool, one by one, in spiteful cat fashion.

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Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago

I love black cats! I hope that my next cat will be one.

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FULL_EFFECT 4 years ago

This made my day!

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glowworm2 4 years ago

Thank you. Black cats are absolutely adorable.

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QueenOlive 4 years ago

I have 2 black cats, and they are so wonderful!

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Rain Makula 4 years ago

They are so beautiful. But why is anything black such an issue?

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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago

LOL, my cat is making a fuss right now, because I'm looking at other cats.

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How Terribly Unfortunate 4 years ago

Who could look at these innocent, sweet little faces and call them bad luck?! 🐈‍⬛ 💕

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Danielle Ibclc Cpst 4 years ago

I currently have an all white cat but before him I fostered several black cats. My first cat was all black. They have all been loving cats. RIP Ruthie.

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Jo Choto 4 years ago

I don't understand why people are racist towards cats, or any living thing.

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Aski Markup 4 years ago

Probably just me, but looking at these loved little kitties, made me cry (but I've been crying at everything today so 🤷‍♀️ lol).

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Meeow 4 years ago

I love my black cats!!!

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Vanessa 4 years ago

I miss my old black cat. he was the sweetest, calmest cat I've ever known

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GFSTaylor 4 years ago

This is my first house panther, Bishop, sleeping on the back of an old wingback chair. He was large and dignified, apart from the time he was sprawling on top of a large record deck, relaxed too much, and vanished suddenly down the back of the unit. Bishop-on-...2b3119.jpg

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LeilaOdinis 4 years ago

They are all so lovely. They have a magic all their own. They give so much love. I adopted an adorable darkling last year. I am bewitched.

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DKS 001 4 years ago

black cats aren't unlucky or evil. They're just misunderstood baby panthers.

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pebs 4 years ago

Lovely black cats!

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Broncordelia 1 year ago

I made another comment that said "A lot of these look just like my cats" but I was only able to upload one image, so here is the other cat (The grey and white cat is my other cat named Henri, I have three cats) Screenshot...c572a3.png

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Broncordelia 1 year ago

A lot of these look just like my cats! Screenshot...ea-png.jpg

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Broncordelia 1 year ago

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Yoyo Li 2 years ago

I love cats, especially black ones

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Your Mother 4 years ago

I have a black cat (i think russian blue) and he is always a pleasure to be around

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Sandra Majeau 4 years ago

I love my black cats

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Trish Greene 4 years ago

Black cats are my favorite! Well, so are tuxedos, orange, tabbies, long-hair, short-hair..... Pen-and-Me...c-jpeg.jpg

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Christina Uhlir 4 years ago

Black cats don't bring bad luck; bad people do, literally.

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Eulalie Grace 4 years ago

ANyone here that feels the absolute need to get that house panther - every shelter has some. Those are the ones we like to take home - especially the older ones. Priceless.

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Rissie 4 years ago

I love my black kitties. The ones I have now both found their way to me. The first was a sibling to the kitten of my former neighbor. She came home with two kittens after losing one of her cats and figured it was too much to have two. That was 17 years ago. And 7 years ago, when my family had already grown with a human kiddo, my husband heard a kitten crying his little lungs out downstairs (we live in an apartment) in the rain underneath a car. There are a lot of cats that aren't taken care of here in the neighborhood, so we took him upstairs. We tried to find his owner, he wasn't chipped, he came into our home and just totally made it his. His eyes are a little wonkey and he has knock knees, but he's such a love bug. And an *ssh*le to his big brother at times. But most of the time a true love bug.

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Loretta Hines 4 years ago

These pictures remind me of Winnie the witch and her black cat Wilbur. Cute story how they live in a black house and Wilbur blends into his surroundings. I use to have a black cat and a white orientals when my children were young they looked like ting and yang when they slept together. Most gorgeous cats miss them.

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Brindusa-Katalin Poenaru 4 years ago

When you want to take a photo of your latest creation, then you discover that your cat is way better looking ;) IMG_202003...b8b270.jpg

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Merilyn Horton 4 years ago

Everyone needs a black cat. I have had one (different ones) for 40 years.

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Tessa Thompson 4 years ago

I've been owned by two black cats in my life and they've been fabulous, awesome, wonderful blessings and treasures. My last black cat cemented a partiality for black cats in me and I sorely want to be owned by another one ASAP (my current feline owner is a dilute calico. She's 11, adopted her in Nov. '18 from the local Humane Society).

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Mystery Egg 4 years ago

Black cats are good luck in Britain.

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Bettye McKee 4 years ago

We need more like this. These beautiful cats put a smile on my face.

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Naomi Wayker 4 years ago (edited)

They are so freaking cute I almost had a heart attack

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Mangle the Fox 4 years ago

my baby boy Sir Arthur Guinness, King of the Britains (props to dad and my grand-stepfather for the name) IMG_1223-2...d38d6c.jpg

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Jammy Tee 4 years ago

In England a black cat crossing the road used to be considered as good luck but I think now we have started to change it so they are bad luck. Black cats have always been my favourite though.

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Malakai 4 years ago

My first cat was a pitch black Angora-mix adoption. They called her 'Spooks' because she was so skittish and shy, and it took about six months for her to come out around us. But once she got comfortable, she was the sweetest, most darling ball of fluff. All she wanted was to be held, petted, and to sleep with her humans all the time. One night my depression was extremely bad and I couldn't sleep; she crawled in bed with me, laid right by my face, and let me cry into her fur until I fell asleep. She was still there when I woke up, too, and didn't move until I got up. I miss her so much! Q.Q She lived a long, happy life and just peacefully passed away one day.

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Dónal Ó Murchadha 4 years ago

I thought black cats were good luck unless they crossed your path?

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Peko 4 years ago

It's unclear to me how these pictures show that black cats aren't bad luck. Or is the headline s**t as usual?

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Rissie 4 years ago

All of these are beauties!

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Hermione Granger 4 years ago

If having a black cat is wrong, I don't want to be right!

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Sterling Wible 4 years ago

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LittleMissLotus 4 years ago

Idk why people think black cats are unlucky... If I came across one of these cuties I'd consider myself very lucky!

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Iggy 4 years ago

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Grace Marraffa 4 years ago

My heart melted so many times, it is unbelivable

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Leo Domitrix 4 years ago

Always have owned black cats. They are just as wonderful as all other felines. (Typed while Black Dahlia sits on my lap!)

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Cori 4 years ago

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Freya the Wanderer 4 years ago

I love black cats! I hope that my next cat will be one.

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FULL_EFFECT 4 years ago

This made my day!

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glowworm2 4 years ago

Thank you. Black cats are absolutely adorable.

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QueenOlive 4 years ago

I have 2 black cats, and they are so wonderful!

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Rain Makula 4 years ago

They are so beautiful. But why is anything black such an issue?

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WilvanderHeijden 4 years ago

LOL, my cat is making a fuss right now, because I'm looking at other cats.

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How Terribly Unfortunate 4 years ago

Who could look at these innocent, sweet little faces and call them bad luck?! 🐈‍⬛ 💕

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Danielle Ibclc Cpst 4 years ago

I currently have an all white cat but before him I fostered several black cats. My first cat was all black. They have all been loving cats. RIP Ruthie.

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Jo Choto 4 years ago

I don't understand why people are racist towards cats, or any living thing.

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Aski Markup 4 years ago

Probably just me, but looking at these loved little kitties, made me cry (but I've been crying at everything today so 🤷‍♀️ lol).

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Meeow 4 years ago

I love my black cats!!!

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Vanessa 4 years ago

I miss my old black cat. he was the sweetest, calmest cat I've ever known

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GFSTaylor 4 years ago

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LeilaOdinis 4 years ago

They are all so lovely. They have a magic all their own. They give so much love. I adopted an adorable darkling last year. I am bewitched.

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DKS 001 4 years ago

black cats aren't unlucky or evil. They're just misunderstood baby panthers.

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pebs 4 years ago

Lovely black cats!

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Broncordelia 1 year ago

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Broncordelia 1 year ago

A lot of these look just like my cats! Screenshot...ea-png.jpg

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Broncordelia 1 year ago

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Yoyo Li 2 years ago

I love cats, especially black ones

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Your Mother 4 years ago

I have a black cat (i think russian blue) and he is always a pleasure to be around

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Sandra Majeau 4 years ago

I love my black cats

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Trish Greene 4 years ago

Black cats are my favorite! Well, so are tuxedos, orange, tabbies, long-hair, short-hair..... Pen-and-Me...c-jpeg.jpg

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Christina Uhlir 4 years ago

Black cats don't bring bad luck; bad people do, literally.

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Eulalie Grace 4 years ago

ANyone here that feels the absolute need to get that house panther - every shelter has some. Those are the ones we like to take home - especially the older ones. Priceless.

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Rissie 4 years ago

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Loretta Hines 4 years ago

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Brindusa-Katalin Poenaru 4 years ago

When you want to take a photo of your latest creation, then you discover that your cat is way better looking ;) IMG_202003...b8b270.jpg

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Merilyn Horton 4 years ago

Everyone needs a black cat. I have had one (different ones) for 40 years.

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Tessa Thompson 4 years ago

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Mystery Egg 4 years ago

Black cats are good luck in Britain.

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Bettye McKee 4 years ago

We need more like this. These beautiful cats put a smile on my face.

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Naomi Wayker 4 years ago (edited)

They are so freaking cute I almost had a heart attack

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Mangle the Fox 4 years ago

my baby boy Sir Arthur Guinness, King of the Britains (props to dad and my grand-stepfather for the name) IMG_1223-2...d38d6c.jpg

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Jammy Tee 4 years ago

In England a black cat crossing the road used to be considered as good luck but I think now we have started to change it so they are bad luck. Black cats have always been my favourite though.

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Malakai 4 years ago

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Dónal Ó Murchadha 4 years ago

I thought black cats were good luck unless they crossed your path?

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Peko 4 years ago

It's unclear to me how these pictures show that black cats aren't bad luck. Or is the headline s**t as usual?

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