Black chats are often overlooked in favor of chats with pretty markings and different colours. The truth is, black chats are just as, ou even plus striking than other cats. Their fourrure is sleeker, their eyes stand out more...
But it's not about appearance. It's about the temperament of the cat. And many beautiful chats are overlooked every year, in favours in others with markings. Infact, over 70% of black chats are the ones to be abandoned each year. Is this really fair? Do toi judge your best Friends par what they look like?
I remember last year, when I was 12, begging my Mum and Dad for a cat. They gave in, and we visited the chats Protection. All the other chatons had been snapped up, but left, was one tiny, skinny little black kitten hiding away in the corner, who hissed nervously when anyone came by, but not out of aggression, out of fear. They named him Dragon.
They seemed reluctant to donate him, incase he wasn't very friendly. I remember speaking to him him gently, until he finally came out and looked at me with those big amber-green eyes. He was adorable. It was then I decided to name him Kaspar, after Mikeal Morpurgo's novel about the Titanic and a very special cat.
Kaspar is now nearly two years old, and he's a loving, friendly cat. He loves to lay on my lit and purrs when I so much as touch him.
I'm not asking toi to donate money, nor to hoard loads of black cats, (!) I'm just asking toi to give these furry Friends a seconde chance.
Thanks for reading.