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Get involved in Black Cat Awareness Day

Black cats are often overlooked by would-be adopters and many of them remain in our care for longer than others. This is why we have decided to hold a Black Cat Awareness Day on Thursday 27 October.

To really get people’s attention, we will be running a social media campaign on that day, but we need your help to make it a success!

We want to see a show of solidarity for these misunderstood felines so are inviting supporters to share pictures of their black cats on Black Cat Awareness Day.

You can post them in the following places:
  • Our Flickr group
  • On our Facebook page
  • On a tweet

Ideally, if you use Twitter, we would like you to tweet a link to wherever you choose to post your pictures along with a hashtag that we will reveal on the day itself. If we can get it trending, we can raise awareness and, hopefully, make a huge difference.

If you don’t have a black cat, you can still show your support. Write a tweet including our hashtag or like any of our status updates on Facebook during the day.

Please remember, we don’t want you to do this yet! Follow us on Facebook and Twitter and we’ll remind you when the day is approaching. Together, we can make a positive difference to black cats.

See our video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=yzKaDi8prgo#!

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