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It’s Friday (the 13th)! So here’s a slideshow of black cats and kittens from around the world

For the day that’s in it.

13/07/12 6,674 Views 7 Comments
Image: Mr Muskrat via Flickr/Creative Commons

WE’VE GONE BACK to our roots here at TheJournal.ie’s cute animal picture division. You may not remember but the Friday slideshow started out way back in November 2011 when we wanted to show the nicer side of the donkey after it had gotten a bad rap in the news.

And it all sort of evolved from there. Since those early days, we’ve featured little known creatures such as capybaras, sloths and anteaters, as well as the under-appreciated gerbils, ferrets, foxes, squirrels and hedgehogs for, well, no good reason except that it was Friday.

But today, we have reason. Black cats everywhere have suffered through years of people believing they bring bad luck but, today, on the most superstition-filled dates, we challenge anyone to find anything unlucky about these adorable pets:

It’s Friday (the 13th)! So here’s a slideshow of black cats and kittens from around the world
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  • Playtime

    Siberian tiger cub Clyopa plays with Masyanya in Sochi. (AP Photo/Igor Yakunin)

  • Playtime

    (AP Photo/Igor Yakunin)

  • It's cold outside

    A black cat on a Siberian roadside during a snowy period earlier this year. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

  • Classy coat

    Black-and-white is always going to look classy.

  • Paws Up

    Oscar the cat, picture here has a pair of prosthetic paws, courtesy of neuro-orthopaedic surgeon Noel Fitzpatrick. He was given a pair of new artificial feet in 2010 ahead of a BBC documentary. (Pic: Johnny Green/PA Wire)

  • I'm watching you

    This cat is taking no chances as Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Vince Cable in the UK knocks on its owner's door in Twickenham, Middlesex.

  • Just chillin'

  • Who said we were enemies?

    A black cat approaches a resting dog, and then makes herself quite comfortable with her new-found friend. Keep you friends close, and your enemies closer? (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)

  • Sybil, the Downing Street Cat

  • Adopt me, maybe?

    Drew, a black cat up for adoption, pauses on a wall ledge at the Kootenai Humane Society in Hayden Idaho back in 2006. (AP Photo/ Kirk Mastin)

  • And me, too?

    Janet, was also put up for adoption at the Kootenai Humane Society in Hayden, Idaho. (AP Photo/ Kirk Mastin)

  • Free to travel

    Kuorii Enjoy The Silence of Exton, a 5-month-old black Persian kitten from Venice, Italy, puts her paw on her European Union Animal Companion Passport during a preview of the 2006 Cat Fanciers' Association-Iams Cat Championship at New York's Madison Square Garden. Alright then. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

  • Presidential Pets

    India, left, and Miss Beazley, right, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington in 2006. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

  • Cat bait

    Three-week-old kitten Cleo was brought to the basement of a New York deli in an attempt to lure Molly, an 11-month-old black cat, from the innards of a 19th century building where she has been trapped for nearly two weeks. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)

  • Hill's Pet Slimmer of the Year

    Yes, you read that title correctly. Mischief here is a black and white moggy from Stevenage who won the prize after dropping 5kg (represented by the butter pile here).

  • A boy's best friend

    Twenty-two month year old Daniel Faith, from Broughshane, Antrim enjoys his first experience of snow with his cat called TC.

  • Awwww

    Eighteen month old cat Ash was looking for a home after being rescued from a boiler flue where he had been trapped for 10 days. He became stuck after plunging 15ft down the shaft of a derelict building in Gloucestershire and could only be rescued from the narrow flue because he had lost so much weight in the time he was trapped.

  • Eye on the ball

    Jimmy the cat, a keen Subbuteo player, with his owner, 10-year-old Andrew Tierney of Cowling, North Yorkshire, in London this afternoon (Wednesday) after he was proclaimed Cat of the Year. The four-year-old black and white feline was rescued after he was thrown on a bonfire and has gone on to become a keen football fan.

  • So curious

    Image: Nottingham Vet School

  • Peek-a-boo

    Those eyes haven't been photo-shopped. Image: Mr Muscrat

  • Cat Eyes

    Either have these. Image: Chris Yarzab/Flickr

  • Kitty Kat

    We're not sure what's happening here but it's frickin' cute. Image: SOS Animals/Flickr

  • Baby animals are always cuter

    Image: Hitchster/Flickr

  • Having a snooze

    Image: solar.empire/Flickr

  • Pictures of scale

    Image: patiencehouse/Flickr

  • Adorbs

    Image: xacomatic/Flickr
  • Siberian tiger cub Clyopa plays with Masyanya in Sochi. (AP Photo/Igor Yakunin)
  • (AP Photo/Igor Yakunin)
  • A black cat on a Siberian roadside during a snowy period earlier this year. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
  • Black-and-white is always going to look classy.
  • Oscar the cat, picture here has a pair of prosthetic paws, courtesy of neuro-orthopaedic surgeon Noel Fitzpatrick. He was given a pair of new artificial feet in 2010 ahead of a BBC documentary. (Pic: Johnny Green/PA Wire)
  • This cat is taking no chances as Liberal Democrat Treasury Spokesperson Vince Cable in the UK knocks on its owner's door in Twickenham, Middlesex.
  • A black cat approaches a resting dog, and then makes herself quite comfortable with her new-found friend. Keep you friends close, and your enemies closer? (AP Photo/Amy Sancetta)
  • Drew, a black cat up for adoption, pauses on a wall ledge at the Kootenai Humane Society in Hayden Idaho back in 2006. (AP Photo/ Kirk Mastin)
  • Janet, was also put up for adoption at the Kootenai Humane Society in Hayden, Idaho. (AP Photo/ Kirk Mastin)
  • Kuorii Enjoy The Silence of Exton, a 5-month-old black Persian kitten from Venice, Italy, puts her paw on her European Union Animal Companion Passport during a preview of the 2006 Cat Fanciers' Association-Iams Cat Championship at New York's Madison Square Garden. Alright then. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)
  • India, left, and Miss Beazley, right, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington in 2006. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
  • Three-week-old kitten Cleo was brought to the basement of a New York deli in an attempt to lure Molly, an 11-month-old black cat, from the innards of a 19th century building where she has been trapped for nearly two weeks. (AP Photo/Dima Gavrysh)
  • Yes, you read that title correctly. Mischief here is a black and white moggy from Stevenage who won the prize after dropping 5kg (represented by the butter pile here).
  • Twenty-two month year old Daniel Faith, from Broughshane, Antrim enjoys his first experience of snow with his cat called TC.
  • Eighteen month old cat Ash was looking for a home after being rescued from a boiler flue where he had been trapped for 10 days. He became stuck after plunging 15ft down the shaft of a derelict building in Gloucestershire and could only be rescued from the narrow flue because he had lost so much weight in the time he was trapped.
  • Jimmy the cat, a keen Subbuteo player, with his owner, 10-year-old Andrew Tierney of Cowling, North Yorkshire, in London this afternoon (Wednesday) after he was proclaimed Cat of the Year. The four-year-old black and white feline was rescued after he was thrown on a bonfire and has gone on to become a keen football fan.
  • Image: Nottingham Vet School
  • Those eyes haven't been photo-shopped. Image: Mr Muscrat
  • Either have these. Image: Chris Yarzab/Flickr
  • We're not sure what's happening here but it's frickin' cute. Image: SOS Animals/Flickr
  • Image: Hitchster/Flickr
  • Image: solar.empire/Flickr
  • Image: patiencehouse/Flickr
  • Image: xacomatic/Flickr

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