In the Catalan city of Terrassa, Spain, local shelters are hitting pause on black cat adoptions every October, and the reason is straight out of a horror movie. From early October until after ...

According to Agence France Presse (AFP), a town near Barcelona called Terrassa has banned black cat adoptions and foster ...

The Spanish town of Terrassa announced on Oct. 6 that it has banned the adoption of black cats from Oct. 1 to Nov. 10.

TERRASSA, Spain – In a precautionary move described by local officials as “seasonally appropriate,” the city of Terrassa has ...

Terrassa, Catalonia, has halted black cat adoptions from October 6 to November 10, 2025. The ban comes ahead of Halloween ...

We’ve all heard it: Black cats languish in shelters because people believe they bring bad luck or, worse, that they’re just evil. And, of course, everybody knows black cats are often tortured or used ...