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Old 27 October 2007, 09:48 PM
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Hello Kitty Ritual Cat Sacrifices a Halloween Myth, Experts Say

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On the day after Halloween in 2004, employees of the Iowa City Animal Care and Adoption Center found a gruesome sight: a black cat duct-taped to an 8-foot-tall (2.5-meter-tall) crucifix.

"That was shocking," said shelter director Misha Goodman.

Such occurrences, though rare, feed a myth that satanic cults sacrifice black cats on Halloween.

The perceived threat has frightened some U.S. animal shelters into halting black-cat adoptions during October.

But animal-shelter employees and cult experts say it's time to put this urban legend to rest.
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/n...oween-cat.html
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Old 27 October 2007, 10:17 PM
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I know we don't adopt cats at Halloween, but that is because a disturbing number of people have done this and returned the cat because it was essentially just a prop for the season.

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