One in 10 Brits won't adopt a black cat or dog because of superstitions, study finds

A caller survey shows that a 4th of UK adults are superstitious and the foundation Blue Cross worries this is stopping radical from adopting definite pets.

A caller survey of 2,000 adults revealed that 12% judge pets of this colour bring atrocious luck and would ever take a antithetic shadiness to debar this.

The survey was commissioned by Lottoland which had partnered with the Blue Cross, to rise wealth done their charity.

The probe recovered that a 4th of adults are 'very' oregon 'somewhat' superstitious and according to further information from the foundation Blue Cross, achromatic cats and dogs instrumentality longer to beryllium adopted than different animals, perchance owed to these superstitions.

A spokesperson for Lottoland said : "Superstitions person been a portion of quality civilization for centuries, passed down from procreation to generation. At their core, they often stem from a request to marque consciousness of the chartless and to question power successful situations wherever we mightiness consciousness powerless."

It seems being superstitious isn't uncommon amongst Brits arsenic a 3rd fearfulness breaking a reflector and 14% would ne'er spill immoderate brackish - without taking the clip to propulsion immoderate implicit their enarthrosis afterwards.

Almost a 3rd of superstition-followers person passed 1 of their behaviours connected to a household subordinate oregon friend, that they present follow.

Mary Haisman, caput of firm partnerships, assemblage and events astatine Blue Cross, adopted Pablo from their Blue Cross Devon site, aft helium had been successful foster attraction for 5 months.

She stressed: "It takes an other 5 days and £50 much connected mean for america to find loving caller homes for achromatic cats, compared to others successful our care."

"Whilst we cannot cognize for certain, the suspicions were that it took truthful agelong due to the fact that he's a achromatic dog, but I honestly can't deliberation of immoderate different reason."

"Black pets are conscionable arsenic loving, loyal, and deserving of a location arsenic immoderate different animal" Talking astir Pablo she said: "He has the sweetest temperament, gives our household endless love, and is specified an important portion of my life."

Adding: "There's nary crushed to fto outdated superstitions halt you from welcoming a achromatic canine oregon feline into your home."