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Halloween video: fun and entertaining or abusive and objectionable?

Halloween is sadly upon us ??. This holiday season does lead to some cat abuse because of the link between black cats and Halloween. It is an unpleasant association at heart because it harks back to Medieval times and the chronic and widespread abuse of domestic cats for hundreds of years. Black cats are still …

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Man eats cat in black magic ritual

Man eats cat to make himself invincible from harm by genies in black magic ritual

This is another strange story. It comes from Jakarta (I believe). An Indonesian man, Abah Grandong, allegedly ate a cat (presumed domestic) on video published on Facebook which went viral and he did it because he believed in a black magic (Banten) ritual called ‘debus’. In this ritual it is believed that eating cats makes …

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Wobo mystery cat skin?

Wobo Mystery Cat

The Wobo mystery cat is also referred to as the ‘Mendelit’ (Cat World by Dr Desmond Morris) and ‘Rnendelit’ (by Sarah Hartwell, website messybeast.com). Apparently local people in remote parts of Ethiopia, Africa, would recount stories to Victorian explorers of this huge, mysterious cat. It was described as being bigger than a lion and had …

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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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