Do Black Cats Look Less Adoptable? Human Judgments of Emotions and Adoptability in Online Shelter Photographs in the United States.

Jill A Villarreal, Reese Gebauer, James C Ha

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Article in Animals : an open access journal from MDPI, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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Jill A VillarrealDepartment of Animal Behavior, Stephens College, Columbia, MO 65215, USA.

Reese GebauerMontessori Adolescence Program, Saint Louis, MO 63108, USA.

James C HaDepartment of Psychology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.

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Abstract

Each year, millions of cats enter U.S. animal shelters, where black cats experience lower adoption rates. This study examined whether three factors contribute to this disparity: (1) superstitious beliefs, (2) projected skin-color bias, and (3) difficulty interpreting black cats' emotions in online photographs sourced from

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PMID41897846

DOI10.3390/ani16060869

PMCPMC13023286

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