Halfway Cats NYC

14/07/2025

I’m sitting here and it’s storming outside…thundering, lightning, down pouring. All I can think about is how grateful I am the cats I could help are safe, several of them after so many years waiting - an entire decade for some - finally safe. Benny who was recently all too familiar with trying to find safety on the street now finally never having to worry about it ever again. My heart can barely take it.

And then the absolute anguish and heartache thinking of all the ones still waiting, and knowing so many will never get their chance.

Cats are fine on the street people will say. They’re happier out there. But what about when the storm hits? What about when the extreme heat comes? The downpours and the flooding? The freezing temps and sub zero winds? We often think of nature surviving, somehow making it through. Well there’s nothing natural about cats on the city streets. There’s nothing natural about domesticated animals failed by the humans they depend on for survival desperately fending for themselves in the storm, literally and figuratively.

14/07/2025

My fellow socializers…there is something so simple you can do to help ease your kitty’s fear and stress. It takes no special tools and hardly any skills:

TALK TO THEM

I can not emphasize enough what a different it makes to check in with them, in a calm breathy tone (yes, I said breathy). It doesn’t take long. This video is 24 seconds.

Notice the body language. My voice is soft, my eyes are soft, my body language is soft. I am present. I am calm. And so, HE is calm. Even with my kiddo being goofy in the background.

They are scared. They need US to be their safe space.

If it bothers you to see them in a crate, pull out all your tools to help them feel more comfortable. Our job is to ease their fears and stress, to help them feel safe so they can build trust. We have many tools to do this. Our voice is a very powerful and important one.

Patience 💜 Practice 💜 Persistence 💜 and PRESENCE

Try it. I guarantee it will make a difference.

11/07/2025

SURPRISE intake tonight! Benny Bunny is FINALLY SAFE!! 😭😭😭 I have so much to say about this boy who’s finally going to get the medical help he desperately needs and who’s finally going to retire from the street!! But I’m so exhausted. I can’t even fathom@how exhausted he must be. I have nowhere to put him so he’s currently in a very small crate in my tub! He is filthy and covered with fleas! His little body is so beaten down and tired from trying to survive every day on the street for many years without proper care. This is what people walk by every day and think nothing of!

Im going to call first thing in the morning to get him a vet appt asap. He’s a senior cat who’s going to need bloodwork to figure out what’s going on. The bill will be at least $400. Please donate to help Benny receive the care he needs 🙏🙏🙏 (thank you to everyone who saw my first post a month ago and sent some support).

Thank you to for being his guardian angel and trying to trap him, the last time, earlier tonight eventually successful.

07/07/2025

06/07/2025

Zero. Zilch. Nada.

There is no “the kitten is too old”

There is no “they’ve always been on the street so they should stay there”

There is no “window” and then it’s over

There is no “too feral”

These are myths born out of inconvenience or lack of resources but they are myths nonetheless. Do not believe them.

These cats on the street we are so quick to label “feral” and move on have been misunderstood and failed by humans. They are relying on us to see them for who they truly are. To do right by them where others have failed. They are waiting for you.

There is no expiration date in socializing cats. It’s never too late to save them from the horrors of the street…until it is.