Hi Guys and Happy Friday The 13th!
I wasn't going to blog at all today, because I am not feeling well, (bladder infection I think), but I have been unable to shake what I can't believe I saw on The Today Show this morning.
First, allow me to say I LOVE The Today Show, (or did, until today). I watch it every morning and have beed a loyal viewer for well over twenty years.
This morning they featured an animal wildlife expert, Corbin Maxey, on their "Call of the Wild" segment who was sharing with hosts Willie Geist and Tamron Hall animals for Friday The 13th which supposedly bring either "good" or "bad" luck.
The part that upset me is near the end of the video when a black cat was brought out (the last animal to be brought out). Maxey did mention that it is a "myth" that the ravens who were featured just BEFORE the black cat was brought out were bad luck, but when discussing the black cat and mentioning that it is supposedly bad luck when they cross your path, he never stressed the fact that people should NOT believe the myth, and that the myth needs to end for the SAFETY of black cats everywhere.
To make matters worse, Tamron Hall visibly flinches when the cat is brought out, and mentions her "fear of cats", until she discovered that it was a domestic house cat.
Am I being overly sensitive to the plight of black cats?
Watch the video yourself and tell me:
1) Does it bother you the way it bothered me?
2) Or....do you think they merely ran out of time and never got around to saying that black cats are just as lovable as cats of EVERY color and do NOT bring bad luck.
I am disappointed and surprised that The Today Show would help to perpetuate that myth, especially as involved as they are with animal rescue segments.
Wish they would make sure to mention on a later show that black cats are indeed NOT unlucky. Statistics show that black cats are less likely to be adopted and are often abused. Hope the Today Show does a special segment about black cats on Black Cat Appreciation Day.
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