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I photograph adoptable animals as a volunteer at the Silicon Valley Animal Control Authority (SVACA) in Santa Clara, California.

Each year, the black kittens and cats are the last ones to be adopted, and each year that bums me out because black cats are wonderful! They've gotten some bad publicity (I'm talking about you, silly superstitions) but nothing that can't be overcome with some better PR—right?

So, this year, my SVACA colleagues and I decided to highlight black and tuxedo cats in a fun way that would celebrate them and take the 'spooky' out of the black cat myth.

Using my own photographs of shelter animals and taxing my wobbly graphic-design skills, I created a series of faux magazine covers and posted them on SVACA's social media for their Black Cat Appreciation Week in January 2019.

Here are my six favourite covers, created over the course of about ten days. Enjoy!

By the way, don't worry about the black cats at SVACA. SVACA is a no-kill shelter and even if black cats have to wait a little longer, everyone finds their forever home. For more information, check out their website at svaca.com—and follow them on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter to see more fun posts. (Dog magazine covers coming soon!)

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Sue Knerl
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I adopted a black kitten last August, he goes by Ninja and he's my new parlor panther. I love this cover.

Valerie Shepherd
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I had a little black female cat for 19 and a half years called Poppy who was the runt if the litter no one wanted when I volunteered with the Uk's CPL, so I adopted her and she became the life long companion for my tuxedo boy Pepe her older brother who lived for 26 and a half years. Miss them both. I have Cleo a grey moggy 8 yrs and Carmel a Maine c**n mix 7yrs now. Just wish my babies could live forever though xxx

Sandra Mason
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love the name Poppy. every time I see a name I like, I want to adopt another so I can use the name. part of the reason why we have 18. the last one was a live trapped kitten... my boyfriend kept wandering around muttering "18".. every time he said 18 I thought of Alice Cooper. so her name is Alice Coopurr.

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Garry Plesha
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I have a black cat that is 19years old, had him since he was 2 months old, best, most talented cat ever, he's my man in a black cat suit, love him dearly.

Amanda Stonebank
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I don't know how these two tiny TNR black kittens knew to come to my condo, but they did, and I'm a happy Mom of Hallie, and my vet took the second baby to adopt out to a nice family. Hallie is my lovable little runt of the litter.. she's so cute & tiny.. 7 years later!

Lori Carpenter Patterson
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My most beloved cat of all time was a black cat name Lou Rawls. He was the smartest, most loveable boy ever!!

Sandra Mason
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love people who care about cats.. I love no-kill shelters.. I love shelters that care about cats. people should look at a black cat in the sun.... they are so shiny and gorgeous. "A BLACK CAT CROSSING YOUR PATH SIGNIFIES THAT THE ANIMAL IS GOING SOMEWHERE" GROUCHO MARX.

Sandra Mason
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

we have a black rescue named Boo Kitty. (-: and we have 17 other cats. we have a tortoiseshell named Fearless Fancy who is almost all black.. its the shiny black with just the tiny flecks of orange that makes her so beautiful.

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Melanie Thompson
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I love it!! This black panther has the same eyes as one of my black panthers (I have 3)

mariah neru
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

who else would apply for a lifetime subscription of this magazine

Nancy KeislingMiller
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

do with them , it was so nasty , gross and disgusting , , needless to say , I Vowed til the day i die , i will Fight to save and rescue all the Black ones first and Foremost , they are no different then any other color cat , or person form that matter , Blonde , Red Head , brunette , what ever , i Love ( d ) each one of my Black kitties amd each one has been luckier then the last one , so i pray that that old wives tale will be done and burried soon , Long Live the Black Kitties ,

Nancy KeislingMiller
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

this is just bull c**p , I am a 13 time Black kitty rescue mom , so far and not all at the same time , when i was younger i Volunteered at my local shelter and i had seen some pretty mean things and heard even worse about black cats , People would come in looking for a kitty and i would steer them towards the black ones and the parent people would freak out and run the other way , then when i got older i was a caretaker of 2 - 4 plexes , one of my people called me and told me there was this atrocis smell coming from the apt across the hall from her , ok so i said i'll get right on it , got to the outside of the door and it smelt so bad i thought i'd better call the police to go inside with me , thank you God above i did , when the police opened the door , we found 4 adult Black cats and 3 babies dead , hanging up side down and cut open , the people that lived there were a little wacky anyways , but come on now really , They were devil worshipers and was doing that demonic thing they

Sandra Mason
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I could literally kill people like that without a second thought and with no guilt whatsoever.

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Cindy Johnston
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5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

My house panther, Bear, aka BooBoo, died a couple years ago at less than 2 years old. He hadn't been sick and he wasn't injured. I had my eye on another recently (6 month old stray) but he bit me a couple times when I put the food dish down so he went to the pound. It's a no kill shelter so he was neutered, given his shots and was slated to be a barn cat. I forgot the two month old that crawled up into my undercarriage in a restaurant parking lot. After an hour and a half of animal control not believing she was even there they found her over the muffler. I had 5 cats at the time so I couldn't keep her. 😿

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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    "A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere" - I love it.

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    5 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    I have a black cat and a stripey cat. I will always have a black cat. Black cats look amazing. She is like a slinky shadow gliding around the place.

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