Be The Change Animal Rescue

10/16/2026

In all these years, we have never euthanized an animal because of lack of funds. Sun Mom could be the first.

She isn’t getting any better. This poor beauty was rejected by the ASPCA six weeks ago because she had a terrible URI. She gave birth in my living room a few days later. Her breathing has been like this for at least two months. She had two antibiotics that were safe while she was nursing. She was getting nebulizer treatments. She gets a little better, but has now been on doxycycline for over a week and is not improving.
Ideally she would be crated in a space where she could rest quietly and be properly monitored as an only foster.

There is a lot of action in her current foster home. And it’s likely very stressful for her. We have not found anyone else willing to take her. She needs regular medication, food we are providing, and close monitoring.

Next steps: another series of x-rays, lungs and of her head and possibly a nasal scope to see if it’s an obstruction like a simple polyp.

The procedure to diagnose is expensive and if she needs a surgery… We won’t be able to get it for her without big help.

She needs a dental because her teeth are falling out and she is in pain.

Sun Mom is only five years old.

If we cannot raise at least $2000 for this cat- there are two bad options.

We need diagnostics: $1500 at least…
We have already spent $2k on her and raised barely $200.
She needs spay and dental: $1500.
We need a human, who is able to give her quiet space and time to heal and to socialize.

She deserves a proper diagnosis
She wants to feel better and to live.

We are almost broke- with no back up ! We have almost completely stopped adopting because of the new state regulations making it so difficult in NY.

It is a tiny rescue, we do very little comparatively and for the ones we help- like Sun Mom- it means she gets a life.

This cat needs us.

One of her posts has over 13k views… if 10% gave just $5-
We could get her everything!!
EVERY DOLLAR COUNTS
links and GFM in bio
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10/13/2026

Thank you to NYCLASS for your tireless activism and advocacy. Thank you to all activists who have been fighting for years to get this done!!!

BREAKING: The New York City Council will pass Romanch’s Law on October 22 to ban horse-drawn carriages! We have the support of the Council and the mayor to finally END this deadly cruel industry.

Thank you Speaker Julie Menin for your extraordinary leadership and unwavering determination to bring this long-overdue ban across the finish line. To our supporters who have spent years fighting to protect horses and people: this moment belongs to you!

Romanch’s death was a heartbreaking loss that shook our city and laid bare the devastating consequences of this dangerous industry. We are deeply grateful to his family for turning their grief into a powerful call for change.

Stay tuned for more details as we prepare to end horse-drawn carriages in New York City and how you can join us at a rally at 12PM at City Hall Park before the vote on October 22nd!!

10/10/2026

Bodega cat reality: they let this cat out all the time. Today he’s nice. Some days he’s very aggressive with the other cats because he’s unfixed. In a different situation perhaps he could’ve been grabbed up and shuffled off to snip snip snip, however, in broad daylight with a lot of people watching… It would not have been a good plan.

we’ve offered to fix this cat and vaccinated. The people told us the owners were gonna do it…. So here he is out roaming, procreating, and sadly what happens to most of these cats is they end up getting hit by cars.
also, this is not the season to let black cats wander around outside. We’re still hoping to be able to grab him up at some point and get him fixed at the very least… Clearly, he’s a very sweet boy, he was following me when I walked away, but again I could not pick him up in broad daylight with all the neighbors watching. It has to be a time when he just… Disappears. Maybe next time they’ll think about fixing their cats first so they don’t wander.. Unfortunately, when the cats do get killed, they just say “oh well” that’s the life of a bodega cat.
And the other sad reality is that the ASPCA has cut so far back on Spang neuter spots that even if we could grab him… Who knows when we would have a opportunity to low cost fix him.

we have big expenses coming up with Sun mom if she makes it, and need at least $350 to get the appropriate Winter Shelters and transport them to their locations. Unless someone has a large SUV or truck that they can fit seven or eight Shelters in….

:(. Bodega cats are not safe. They are mostly kept for mousing amd when we had offered for FREE to fix and vax- they lied and said they were going to take care of it. That was about eight months ago…..

10/10/2026

Transport and even holding pre-transport are secured. HOWEVER…
Trapping may be trickier than originally thought because there are a lot of cats in area. I went to his new feeding area this am- and there was an unfortunate machine oil spill right next to it.. Good new—- shelter and feeding area up on palletA and all was eaten BUT.,, no sign of our slim orange friend.
The weather will determine whats possible in next days before I go- otherwise will need a Harlem bottle trapper to step in and selectively trap him.
TBD… sigh.

10/09/2026

Rescuer has reached out about this baby- IF we can get him to Englewood NJ- CAN ANYONE help trap and transfer???
He is in Harlem. We can assist with set up and access- he needs to go straight to Jersey. PLEASE help us give him a chance!!!

10/09/2026

SunMom needs three weeks twice a day doxycycline - this is likely the last chance to get well enough to spay.
She is calm in the crate and will likely take it in a churu.
She needs a quiet place- to get better- just a room where she can be crated medicated and monitored.
She has a foster now who is caring for her and that person has a lot going on. She is generous enough to keep and care for Sun Mom but really this cat needs to be somewhere quiet to lower her stress and get her meds.

If she cant get past this infection…. She is out of options. We have gotten almost zero dollars for her care and the rescue is almost completely broke after her $400 appt Monday.

A huge help would be someone who has space and skill to medicate and let her heal.
if she doesn’t get better in the next 20 days,
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PLEASE DM if can help! We want to give her every chance- but without foster help-
Her options are slim😢.

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10/08/2026

Rescue is hard, dirty work.
NONE of the things I ended up doing today were on the agenda.

Having learned from last year‘s shelter stuffing event in the cold… And needing to leave town again, I’m trying to get Winter Shelters set up before it’s so cold outside.
Along the way, I met two likely dumped Cats. One was a healthy, chunky fellow, the other, not so much.😢. The orange cat has been seen around for the last two weeks. I have got to get on an airplane in the next couple of days and have nowhere for him to go. He needs a vet and is just another sad story of dumped cats not being able to survive. He does not look well…soo skinny-but he was not rushing over to the food either so perhaps he’s ill. IF any rescues have resources to help him-he would likely be easy to trap.

I did the best I could with placing awnings on the Shelters that we currently have. As soon as more Shelters are available, we will need help transporting them from wherever they are to the locations they need to go…I’m hoping that we can get some team spirit in Harlem going for these cats.

We need at least six shelters. Plus renting the car to take them that is going to be minimum: $350. Please donate if you can towards Winter Cat Care. At the moment the rescue is on the verge of being completely broke- Sun Mom is still too congested to be fixed- she is on her third antibiotic… Which she has to be on for 21 days. If she is not better in 10 to 14 days, we will have to make some big decisions because it is not fair to keep her inside in this situation. We don’t know why the infection is not clearing up.. her bills so far have been $2000. She will have another $1500 coming up if she does get well enough to have a Dental and get spayed so she can return home.

There are many ways to donate.

⭐️Venmo:

⭐️Zelle: [email protected]

⭐️Paypal: [email protected]

⭐️Cash App: $bethechangerescue

10/01/2026

Amy Bennett and J went SIX TIMES to trap these wee ones!!
The kittens could have been grabbed at any time but we are 💯 committed to getting MAMA- or else .. will be grabbing more kittens again in a month or so.

Teamwork is dream work and there were several “almosts”,
“F%%k the trap was a tiny bit off and didn’t close all the way and she escaped” and other iterations of the many things that can go wrong when rescuing!! And they didn’t give up!!!

Today was their lucky day!! Mama will get fixed this week and kittens will move onto foster with another rescue.
Funds are needed to cover food, transportation, vetting etc.

This was a long considered mission- we got a text almost two months ago the babies were born there. Because mama wasnt getting good or enough food, babies are small. And we know that with all the TLC coming their way…. They willget big and strong.
Even being born and nursed inside the bottom of a trash compactor… kittens are magic and look at them play!!

Countless hours were spent to get this little family and to secure mama KiKi so the cycle can end.
This Housing complex is so overrun with cats, you can’t turn around without seeing one unfixed running behind you… We’re working on the project, Sun Mom is from this colony, Blue was from this colony… And many other cats 10 Lives Rescue NY and Up Manhattan Cat Rescue

Funds go directly to supporting the rescuers in doing the job and vetting all animals!!

Without your support, none of this happens!!
There are many ways to donate.

⭐️Venmo:

⭐️Zelle: [email protected]

⭐️Paypal: [email protected]

⭐️Cash App: $bethechangerescue