加拿大收容所举办黑猫领养活动, 以挑战不幸的神话, 推动领养。 A Canadian shelter hosts a black cat adoption event to challenge bad-luck myths and boost adoptions.

艾伯塔省Crossfield的一个庇护所正在主办一次特别活动,打击迷信,将黑猫与厄运联系在一起,目的是促进收养。 A shelter in Crossfield, Alberta, is hosting a special event to combat superstitions linking black cats to bad luck, aiming to boost adoptions. 在Airdrie的Pet Valu,大约十几只黑猫,包括Lavender、Bowie和Spooky,在星期日上午11时至下午3时展出。 At a Pet Valu in Airdrie, about a dozen black cats, including Lavender, Bowie, and Spooky, are on display from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday. 工作人员说黑猫经常被忽略, 原因是来自中世纪欧洲的过时信仰, 尽管它们很亲切。 Staff say black cats are often overlooked due to outdated beliefs from medieval Europe, despite their affectionate nature. 收容所75只猫中近一半是黑猫或大部分是黑猫，活动还提供50美元的领养折扣。 Nearly half of the shelter’s 75 cats are black or mostly black, and the event offers a $50 adoption discount. 避难所避免在万圣节期间放置黑猫,以防止冲动性领养。 The shelter avoids placing black cats during Halloween to prevent impulse adoptions. 这仅仅是庇护所12年历史上第二次这样的事件,其目的是改变观念,强调黑猫是爱的伴侣,而不是不幸的象征。 This is only the second such event in the shelter’s 12-year history, aiming to shift perceptions and highlight that black cats are loving companions, not symbols of misfortune.