Spanish town bans black cat adoptions over fear of 'rituals'
Saturday Star
|October 18, 2025
LONG stigmatised for bringing bad luck or for links with the occult, black cats have found salvation in a Spanish town that has temporarily banned their adoption to ward off potentially sinister Halloween “rituals”.
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Any adoption or fostering request for the felines will be denied from October 1 to November 10 to prevent “possible risk... derived from superstitions, rituals or irresponsible uses”, the animal welfare service of Terrassa, a town north of Barcelona, announced on October 6.
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