Emergency Placement Animals

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Thank you for your interest in adopting from Animal Care Centers of NYC. Our emergency placement animals are posted three times a week, on the evenings of Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 6:00PM and remain viewable for 42 hours.

Schedule overview:
Animals posted at 6:00PM on Sunday evening will be viewable until Tuesday at 12:00PM noon.
Animals posted at 6:00PM on Tuesday evening will be viewable until Thursday at 12:00PM noon.
Animals posted at 6:00PM on Thursday evening will be viewable until Saturday at 12:00PM noon.

To find out the status of emergency placement animals, please visit the Emergency Placement Outcomes page.

If this is your first time visiting this site, please read the below information carefully.

For anyone who wishes to adopt, there is a mandatory deposit fee of $200 plus a transaction fee per animal to place an adoption reservation. The $200 covers $50 toward the adoption fee and $150 for the spay/neuter deposit. If the animal has already been spayed or neutered or is permanently waived by one of our veterinarians, the $150 deposit will be refunded at the time of the adoption. If the animal does need to leave without being spayed or neutered due to his/her medical condition, the $150 deposit will be refunded at the time they are brought back for the spay/neuter surgery or when proof of sterilization being done elsewhere is provided to ACC. If you do not follow through with the adoption, the entire $200 deposit will be considered a charitable donation to ACC's Special Treatment and Recovery Fund (STAR). Also, if the adoption fee for an animal is less than $50, the difference will be considered a charitable donation to the STAR Fund. Similarly, in-shelter pricing promotions do not apply to emergency placement animals.

To complete an adoption, please click reserve on the animal of your choice. That animal will be loaded in your cart and you will have 15 minutes to complete the adoption process. In order to complete your reservation, you need to check out (top right corner). At this point, you will enter in your credit card information and a receipt will be emailed to you as confirmation of your reservation. If you have any issues, please email adopt@nycacc.org for help navigating the website.

If you are interested in fostering/adopting through one of our New Hope partners, please fill out this form: https://forms.gle/ozHex3uqvNkQt2dq9

Emergency Placement Animals

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Flash

Flash is in need of emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Flash is behaviorally deteriorating and was observed to kennel fight, resulting in a bite incident that broke skin and making it difficult to manage his behaviors in the care centers. Medically, Flash is apparently healthy.

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Sweet Girl

Sweet Girl is in need of emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Sweet Girl displays concerning reactivity while on the leash- hard barking and growling at staff close to her when she walks by. During the jog portion of her assessment, Sweet girl became aroused, grumbling and jumping at the handler with a stiff body. Medically, Sweet Girl has diarrhea.

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Domino

Domino is on the emergency placement list due to behavior. She is not thriving in the care center and continues to display distance-increasing behavior when approached for interactions. She spends most of her time hiding inside her den and will swat hard to increase distance and keep staff away. She will only eat some treats when given space but other times will not eat at all. Due to her stress levels, it is in her best interest to move out of the kennel environment and into a stable home as quickly as possible. She would do best in a home with adopters who are willing to give her plenty of time and space to adjust, and who have experience with helping a fearful cat adjust to strangers.

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Polo

Polo is on the emergency placement list due to behavioral reasons. He can only be walked by select staff and will growl and snap upon select handling. He has displayed reactivity toward other dogs, pulling hard and barking toward them. Medically, Polo is apparently healthy.

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Lulu

Lulu is on the emergency placement list due to behavior. She is not thriving in the care center and will stay by the front and tries to swat at people and neighboring cats if she sees them. We believe this behavior is due to frustration, and due to her stress levels, she would benefit from getting out of the kennel environment and into a stable home as quickly as possible. She would do best in a home with adopters who are willing to give her plenty of time and space to adjust, and who have experience with helping a fearful cat adjust to strangers.

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Gretel

Gretel is on emergency placement for behavioral reasons, having displayed increase in leash biting (jumping up, tugging, and mouthing the leash) which has made it more difficult for staff to handle. Medically, she is apparently healthy.

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Amazon

Amazon is on emergency placement due to behavioral reasons. He has begun to display kennel reactivity, pulling toward other dogs' kennels and barking, in one instance redirecting and biting a handler on the leg (no skin broken, but bruising). Medically, he is healthy.

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Symba

Symba is in need of emergency placement for behavior reasons. He has been hard barking and baring teeth at handlers in kennel. He poses as a handling risk becoming tense during interactions and when handlers remove the lead. He is very stressed in his kennel and will benefit from placement outside the shelter environment. Medically, Symba is apparently healthy.

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Apollo

Apollo is in need of emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Apollo is behaviorally deteriorating in the care centers. He was reported to leash bite before snapping at staff. He has difficulty refocusing, making his stay stressful on his mental health. Apollo was recently adopted and returned due to behavioral concerns in the home. He has escalated to growling in the home and guarded food. Medically, Apollo is underweight.

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Speedy

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Speedy is being placed on the Emergency Placement List for medical reasons. He has diabetes and the shelter is not a good environment for managing this condition. He has nerve damage due to long-term untreated diabetes and has some difficulty getting around. This may improve over time, and he is able to use the litter box without issue. Behaviorally, he is an outgoing and friendly boy who loves attention! He has been easy to handle for medical treatments.

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Meep Meep

Meep Meep is on the emergency placement list due to behavior. He is doing alright in the care center, but he has a history of biting/scratching with the previous adopter without a known trigger. He has shown independent behavior in the care center and allows petting and handling, but his overall posture remains somewhat tense. Due to the reported behaviors, we believe he would do best in a calm home environment that can provide lots of enrichment. He would do best in a home with adopters who are willing to give him plenty of time and space to adjust.

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Leonardo Dipuprio

Leonardi Dipuprio is on emergency placement for behavioral reasons. He remains fearful and tense in the care center, and at times has growled when uncomfortable. Medically, he is apparently healthy.

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Bear

Bear is on emergency placement for behavioral reasons. He has remained fearful in the care center and uncomfortable with handling or approach from strangers. Medically, he has CIRDC.

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Jenny

Jenny is on the emergency placement list due to behavior. She is not thriving in the care center and continues to display distance-increasing behavior when approached for interactions. She is displaying high levels of fear, anxiety, and stress and will swat to avoid contact due to fear. She does not appear to enjoy enrichment offered, only eating treats when she feels safe. Due to her stress levels, it is in her best interest to move out of the kennel environment and into a stable home as quickly as possible. She would do best in a home with adopters who are willing to give her plenty of time and space to adjust, and who have experience with helping a fearful cat adjust to strangers.

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Precious

Precious is seeking emergency placement due to medical. Precious has pneumonia and is not doing well in the shelter. She is currently receiving treatment but has a better chance of recovering out of the kennel environment. Behaviorally, Precious becomes hyperaroused while being social and has displayed poor impulse control. Often jumping and becoming mouthy with staff. Precious is on emergency placement for behavioral reasons. She has displayed increased shelter stress and leash biting when attempting to remove her from kennel, making it more difficult for staff to take her out. Medically, she is apparently healthy.

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Lobo

Lobo is in need of emergency placement for behavior reasons. Lobo is very fearful when meeting new persons. He may escalate to lunging if strangers come too close. He needs slow, proper introductions. He has warmed up to select handlers in the care center but only allows for minimal handling. In his home he would not allow his owner to bathe him and has some handling sensitivities. He does well with a slow considerate approach. Medically, he is apparently healthy.

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Violet

Violet is on emergency placement for behavior concerns. Violet remains highly fearful in the care center, stiff and baring teeth upon approaching kennel. Violet has only allowed for very minimal handling and has not been consistently handled due to observed escalation (baring teeth). Medically, Violet is apparently healthy.

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Jay

Updated 12/13 Jay is on the Emergency Placement List for medical reasons. She developed a severe upper respiratory infection and stopped eating. Her URI has improved but she is still not eating and needed an esophageal feeding tube to be placed on 12/13. She is likely to do better in a less stressful environment. Behaviorally, she is initially wary but is a very sweet and affectionate kitty.

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Princess Bubblegum

Princess Bubblegum is on emergency placement for behavioral reasons and is displaying shelter stress, deterioration, and anxiety. Princess Bubblegum has been observed to lunge, hard bark, snap and bite at the kennel bars when other dogs walk past her. She appears unable to readily settle in kennel most times and is often hyper-salivating, barking, panting and pacing. Medically, she is apparently healthy.

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Shaka

Shaka is on emergency placement for behavioral reasons. He is leash biting excessively and not settling easily. Medically, he is apparently healthy.

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Bleu

Bleu is in need of emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Bleu displayed a high-level anxiety, resulting in leash biting and snapping at staff. Bleu previously bit a staff member when he panicked after her jacket fell on him. The bite did not break skin. Medically, Bleu has dental disease and canine infectious respiratory disease complex.

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Minestrone

Minestrone is on emergency placement for behavioral reasons. He has begun to jump up, leash-bite, and mouth and tug handler clothing. Medically, he has front leg lameness.

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Blue

Blue is on emergency placement for behavioral reasons. He is a fearful dog who is reported to bark and growl at strangers. He has struggled to acclimate to the shelter environment, often growling when approached in kennel and only allowing some leashing and walks from very select staff members. Blue has a previous bite to his owner that did not break skin. Medically, he is apparently healthy. Transport: A crate or pop-up Blue can keep. Ask behavior for assistance.

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Sweet Boy

Sweet Boy is on emergency placement for behavioral reasons - he has begun to mount handlers intensely with difficulty distracting him from this behavior. Medically, he has CIRDC.

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Gomez Addams

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Gomez Addams is a stray cat with a history of seizures. He is being treated with anti-seizure medication. His bloodwork was unremarkable. He would benefit from treatment in a home setting and follow-up with a neurologist.

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