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What is the blue-cream cat coat?

The blue-cream cat coat is a dilute version of the black-red cat coat which describes the tortoiseshell coat so the blue-cream coat is a dilute tortoiseshell. Blue is a dilute black. It is blue-grey. Grey cats are called ‘blue cats’ by the cat fancy as you probably know in recognition of the slight blue hue …

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Black cat in a mosque

Are black cats haram?

The question in the title concerns Muslims and the word ‘haram’ means forbidden. The question, therefore, is asking whether a Muslim can be the owner and caregiver of a black cat as per the rules of the Quran. And the answer is yes, Muslims can own black cats and live with them because a black …

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Circuitous degradation of the cat to human relationship

Is it normal to not like cats?

Of course, it is normal to dislike cats. It is normal for humans to hate cats sometimes. This is because it is normal for humans to do a lot of strange and/or extreme things. But disliking cats is not an extreme thing. It is just the way of things are because people have preferences. However, …

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Great picture of a melanistic leopard

Great picture of a melanistic leopard

We can see that this is a leopard and not a jaguar as the leopard is slenderer than the stockier jaguar. They melanistic jaguars look amazing. I don’t know where it was taken. It could be one of many countries as the common leopard has the widest distribution of all the wild cat species. The …

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Theory for the reason why grey cats are ‘blue’ (infographic)

You know that in the cat fancy grey cats are called blue cats. The best known is the ‘Blue British Shorthair’. This is a grey-furred cat. Grey fur is caused by the presence of the dilution gene. It causes the melanin pigment clumps in each hair strand to be dispersed with gaps as shown in …

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Black cat photographed by Michael Broad

Actions an animal shelter might take to improve the adoption rate of black cats

A study conducted in Colorado, USA at two animal shelters, Dumb Friends League and Larimer Humane Society, confirmed what is often discussed anecdotally, namely that black cats are harder to adopt out from animal shelters. They made some suggestions which may help get them out of the shelter and into good homes. Scientifically speaking black …

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Black cats and pretty woman

What is the difference between a bias against black cats and a bias against black people?

There is a question on Quora.com which politely asks whether a bias concerning black cats and black people are the same. Having thought about it for about 30 seconds, it’s clearly apparent that they are very different. Note: in the modern world, which is highly politically correct, it is tricky dealing with a sensitive subject …

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