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Happy Black Cat Day

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Davros · 27/10/2026 13:28

National Black Cat Day was created by Cats Protection on 27 October 2011 to help celebrate the majesty of monochrome moggies and beautiful black cats. When the campaign was launched, statistics revealed that black and black-and-white cats took, on average, seven days longer to find a home compared to cats of other colours.

Moppet, 6 months old, is not impressed with her hat 🐈‍⬛

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CharlotteStreetW1 · 27/10/2026 13:36

Here are my two wee bastards. Brother and sister. It's true that I don't have many great pictures but we adopted them for themselves, not for insta.

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Iheartmysmart · 27/10/2026 13:41

Happy National Black Cat Day 🐈‍⬛

Here’s my little menace…

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MyManinCaracas · 27/10/2026 13:42

Here’s my girl, being glorious. I love her so much 🥰🐈‍⬛

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ChannelLightVessel · 27/10/2026 13:51

I hope a tuxedo cat is allowed: adopted this sweetie two years ago.

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PushkaMcgee · 27/10/2026 15:05

Here's my black little munchkin Juniper, her tabby sister runs rules the house and Juniper just lets her get on with it!

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Whosthetabbynow · 27/10/2026 15:10

Happy National Black Cat Day!!! Bigging up the black cats xxx

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MotherOfCatBoy · 27/10/2026 15:21

Our gorgeous boy, getting on a bit now at 15 but was still running around the house like a lunatic howling for food at 5:30am this morning… (full moon, you say?)

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FatLarrysBanned · 27/10/2026 15:24

2 year old Autumn adopted from Cats Protection - last in the litter because she was a black. Absolutely adorable 🐈‍⬛️

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ilovesooty · 27/10/2026 15:29

Little Tennyson is pleased to have his own special day. Though he knows he's special every day.

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fizzyroselemonade · 27/10/2026 15:34

My cute black cat actually celebrates her birthday today. 13 years old. She’s had a lick-e-lix to celebrate

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Pumpkinsaregrowingnicely · 27/10/2026 15:34

Here's mine...
And with her bestie who she 'saved 'when his db died...

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BabyJaneHudsonII · 27/10/2026 15:42

Meet Lemmy. So called because he’s black as the Ace of Spades…The Ace of Spades…

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Breadcat24 · 27/10/2026 15:52

Happy black cat day to you too

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PrettyLittleRose · 27/10/2026 15:55

Some proper beautiful black cats here. 😍

catdistributionsystem · 27/10/2026 15:57

Hooray! I’ll tell the resident dickhead that it’s his day today.

Of course every day is all about him, but at least today is official.

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Whosthetabbynow · 27/10/2026 16:30

ilovesooty · 27/10/2026 15:29

Little Tennyson is pleased to have his own special day. Though he knows he's special every day.

Beautiful boy 😍

FFSItsTooHot · 27/10/2026 16:32

Ah I'll just let my cat know. She knows she's special enough already,but having her own day to celebrate it? 😂----

FFSItsTooHot · 27/10/2026 16:35

This is Queen Ebony.

FFSItsTooHot · 27/10/2026 16:37

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SoulLimbo · 27/10/2026 16:38

Here's Marmaduke having a Marmanap.

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FFSItsTooHot · 27/10/2026 16:40

This is her.

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IwanttoWFH · 27/10/2026 16:42

This is Wednesday. She is utterly adorable and the sweetest, most placid cat 🥰

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feellikeanalien · 27/10/2026 16:46

This is our gorgeous 14 year old Portuguese boy.

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feellikeanalien · 27/10/2026 16:48

Apparently his picture is a sensitive image!!🤔😆

Defiantly41 · 27/10/2026 17:38

Happy Black Cat Day, this is my two (one sadly no longer with us), adopted from a shelter where they had been for 4 months, overlooked as plain black adult cats. Rosie lived to 19 and Bonnie is still with us aged 20!

Happy Black Cat Day