Even if your a cat person with nothing but goodwill in your heart, you are not going to be able to adopt a black cat from a shelter until after Halloween. (OK, Patrick Carroll at the Delaware Humane Association tells me they don't have that rule.) But a lot of shelters do it to make sure animals aren't being adopted for any of the wrong reasons.
If you have a black cat at home, make sure you keep him or her inside. As a Kent County SPCA flier says, "The mythology about black cats being related to witches can lead strange people to do strange things to them." Don't even give those "strange people" an opportunity.
The one place you might want to take your black cat is to the Delaware Humane Association shelter in Wilmington. The shelter is hosting a free black cat spay/neuter day on Halloween (Tuesday). You need to call to schedule a appointment -- 571-0111 -- and only 98 percent black cats will be accepted.
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