I'm not talking about impulse-adoptors, the kind who would see a cat at an
adopt-a-thon and suddenly decide they want it. I'm talking about people who
have already decided to adopt, come to the shelter to choose one. I don't think
the "unusual" kittys have any greater chance than any other cat to end up
abandoned.  There's always that possibility with *any* cat, but.you screen the
adoptor, you check his references, let him do the talking and use your gut
instinct, and by that point, the aesthetics of the cat doesn't really matter.
Highly adoptable cats seem to run in cycles, oddly enough. Right now dilute
calicos aren't moving. Sometimes it's tabbies. Sometimes it's black cats.
Sherry