I've heard this before, but when I've adopted my cats I didn't see a particularly large number of black cats at the shelters. Last time there was maybe 1 of 15,

I've heard this before, but when I've adopted my cats I didn't see a particularly large number of black cats at the shelters. Last time there was maybe 1 of 15, and he was in a brother/sister pair that wanted to be adopted together (otherwise I might have taken him!). Maybe it's a regional thing? Or maybe my experience is unusual. Similarly unconfirmed reports from twitter that the Black Panther movie has emptied shelters of all of their black cats. I can believe that pretty easily.