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A black and grey striped cat was nailed to a tree, crucifixion-style, in Upstate New York. According to Schenectady Police Lt. Mark McCracken, “The cat in its entirety was nailed to the tree. … The deceased cat was processed by one of our crime scene guys and taken to a local vet who’s arranging for a necropsy.”
Teenagers found the cat around 4 p.m. on Wednesday at Steinmetz Park and reported its demise to the authorities. McCracken said it could not be determined whether the cat had died due to “natural causes or if it was alive when it was hung up on a tree.” SOURCE
People have feared black cats for centuries, particularly in Europe: now te cats are often targeted uring Halloween.
Animal shelters often press pause on adopting out all-black and all-white cats close to the October holiday for fear that people will torture and abuse them. Superstitions about black cats have persisted over the years. The dark-haired felines have been associated with witchcraft since the Middle Ages in Europe, and the people who run the shelters are concerned that the supernatural underpinnings to Halloween will bring in people with bad intentions for the types of cats most closely associated with the occult.perform the necropsy. source