Overview
- Cuernavaca’s environmental prosecutor Wendy Salinas Ruiz urged residents to safeguard dark‑coated pets, report disappearances immediately, and watch for suspected theft or ritual abuse tied to the holidays.
- Rescue groups in Corrientes suspended adoptions of black and black‑and‑white animals until November 5, while other shelters tighten interviews, home checks, and verification of prospective adopters.
- Refuges and veterinarians report recurring October–November increases in abandonment, theft, and mistreatment of cats, especially those with black coats, prompting extra screening or temporary pauses.
- Argentina’s environmental prosecutor unit Ufema said it has no compiled statistics on these seasonal cases, and shelters continue to press for mass, free, sustained spay‑and‑neuter programs as a structural fix.
- A shelter in Cañuelas reported a Facebook request seeking black kittens for a “ritual,” which the poster later deleted after claiming it was a joke, as groups expand awareness efforts and urge public reporting.