Written by PETA
Letting our animal companions wander the mean streets is careless and dangerous at any time of year, but that's especially true around Halloween, and even more so if the animal is a black cat. But some people seem to be in extreme denial about the perils that Halloween poses for ebony-colored felines.
Take the Sowards family of Florida. According to a newspaper article, the family let their black cat, Jinxy Boo, outdoors in the late afternoon on Halloween. The next morning, Jinxy Boo showed up on their patio with injuries so severe that she had to be euthanized. A veterinarian suspects that someone may have placed a firecracker in Jinxy Boo's rectum and exploded it.
That's appalling, but get this: According to the article, Jinxy Boo is the third cat the Sowards have lost around Halloween. The third cat! Apparently, the family got her to replace their previous black cat who disappeared on Halloween.
There is no excuse for abusing animals, and anyone who does so is probably a serial killer in training, but if we let our cats or dogs outdoors alone, we are effectively handing our companions over to animal torturers with a sign around their neck that says, "I'm all yours!" Let's promise not to let our beloved animals end up like Jinxy Boo: allow them outdoors only on closely supervised excursions.
Written by Lindsay Pollard-Post
Not only are the monsters who hurt this poor cat to blame but the people who had the cat are too. If they adopted all their black cats from the same shelter, that shelter should refuse to let them adopt any more animals regardless if they are cats, dogs or whatever.
These people shouldn't be allowed to own animals. They need put on an animal offenders register. Yes its bad they lost their cat, but how dumb are they?. This is the third one to go missing or get murdered on Halloween. Idiots shouldn't have pets. God bless the poor cat. Hope they don't get anymore.
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