Delusions of selfies is maximising the abandonment of black cats

For several centuries, the small black cats are wrapped in superstition and bad reputation and now it looks like I have to face a new bias: the lack of photogenic.

According to Royal Society for the Preventionof Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA), a British organization, the number of departures of black cats has increased, mainly because the cats this color doesn't look so good on selfies as cats of other colors.

The RSPCA indicates that 70% of cats have their care are black or black and white. "There are a number of explanations for the phenomenon, ranging from the fact that black cats are harder to distinguish that cats with the most distinctive marks to the fact that the black cats have a tendency not to be so good in photographs like the others", indicates a RSPCA spokesman, cites the Dodo.

The British organization now has a section on their website where alert visitors to the large number of cats which have under their care and that are scorned.

Also the Blue Cross animal organization, is experiencing the phenomenon of black cats, with an increase of 65% in the number of cats in this colour collected annually between 2007 and 2013.  On its website, the Blue Cross claims that the "black cats are the most overlooked by potential owners".

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