Table 3.

Contingency Table for Cat Outcome by Month for Entirely Black Cats (n = 1219).

Cat Outcome	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Euthanasia	44	40	52†	51†	80†	160	105	107	100	85	67	49†
	73.3%	78.4%	67.5%	60.0%	66.1%	86.5%	78.4%	84.9%	81.3%	83.3%	80.7%	68.1%
Adoption	10†	7†	11†	9	3	10	12	8	9	4	2	14†
	16.7%	13.7%	14.3%	10.6%	2.5%	5.4%	9.0%	6.3%	7.3%	3.9%	2.4%	19.4%
Transfer	6	4	14	25†	38†	15	17	11	14	13	14	9
	10.0%	7.8%	18.2%	29.4%	31.4%	8.1%	12.7%	8.7%	11.4%	12.7%	16.9%	12.5%

Notes: (1) † symbols denote months that differed significantly from October on an outcome (p < 0.05, 2-tailed z tests). (2) Global Χ²₍₂₂₎ = 95.65, (p < 0.05); Cramer’s V = 0.20 across all three outcomes.