At-Risk Animals

Thank you for your interest in adopting from Animal Care Centers of NYC. Our At-Risk List is posted three times a week, on the evenings of Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 6:00PM and remains 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 at-risk animals, please visit the At-Risk 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 at-risk 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

At-Risk Animals

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Unk
Unk is on the at risk list due to behavior concerns. Unk in the care center has not been acclimating despite the best efforts to keep her comfortable. Unk has begun to leash bite when being removed from the kennel, even with coaxing, making it difficult to remove her from the kennel safely. Unk has also been observed to jump on her kennel door, panting heavily with dilated pupils. During an interaction with another dog, Unk escalated to biting the other dog on its left ear once their bodies touched after initially being separated due to the other dog's prolonged sniffing of her genitals. The bite resulted in 1 puncture and a small cut, drawing blood. Medically, Unk has a fractured canine tooth.
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Genesis
Genesis is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Genesis in the care center has not been acclimating despite best efforts to keep her comfortable. Genesis in the care center has been starting to kennel fight entering and exiting rooms, lunging at other dogs kennels and hard barking making it difficult to walk her safely. Genesis has also displaying increased reactivity on leash when outside for walks. Medically, Genesis is overweight.
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Slim
Slim is at risk due to behavioral reasons. When returning to kennel Slim will quickly turn and escalate to biting the leash, baring teeth, growling at the handler, and jumping at the door. During her previous stay in care Slim was noted to retreat to the back of the kennel with a tense body and showing whale eye. While out with handlers Slim is receptive to treats. Medically Slim is emaciated and has dental disease.
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Laphi
Laphi is at risk due to behavior concerns. He arrived at the care centers as a stray with little known history. During his intake exam he was very loose, wiggly, and seeking attention from handlers. He has remained social with handlers throughout his stay. However, on leash his reactivity has been escalating in intensity. He has been observed to hard bark, loudly vocalize, and pull towards dogs with a tense body while on leash. He is not easily redirectable and at one point had to be held back by his harness. Medically, he apparently has dermatitis and otitis externa.
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Nermo
Nermo is on the at-risk list due to behavior. He is not thriving in the care center and continues to display distance-increasing behavior when approached for interactions. He will hiss and at time lunge in his den due to his high FAS, and he has not warmed up despite staff using treats to build a positive association. At times if her is given a quiet moment to sit with the behavior staff and settle down, he will return some slow blinks and may accept some cheek pets with a scratcher tool (remaining tense). Due to his stress levels, it is in his best interest to move out of the kennel environment and into a stable home as quickly as possible to allow him to decompress. He would do best in a home with adopters who are willing to give him plenty of time and space to adjust, and who have experience with helping a fearful cat adjust to strangers.
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Glimmer
Glimmer is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Glimmer in the care center has not been acclimating despite best efforts to keep her comfortable. Glimmer has escalated to growling, head whipping and snapping at staff, and is very uncomfortable with handling at times when staff are attempting to pick her up. Medically, Glimmer has been treated for matted fur,an ear infection. She does have dental disease but is otherwise healthy.
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Tallie
Tallie is at risk due to behavior concerns in care. While she has demonstrated some progress in training sessions, Tallie has also displayed growling, snapping, and making contact without injury towards a handler's hand when they attempted to clip her collar. Tallie exhibits difficulty self-regulating and displays a high level of anxiety/fearfulness, often urinating on herself and hiding towards the back of her kennel when unfamiliar handlers attempt to leash her for walks. Medically, Tallie has dermatitis but is otherwise healthy.
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Valentine
Valentine is at-risk due to behavior concerns. She arrived at the care centers as a stray with no known history. During her intake, k9 behavior was called to assist and her behavior quickly escalated to hard barking, barking teeth, and snapping. Throughout her stay she has remained tense, uninterested in handlers, and requires a lot of coaxing. When she is approached in kennel, she has been noted to show whale eye, bare teeth, and hard bark. In one instance during her walk, after handler allowed her to sniff she began to lip curl. Medially, she apparently has otitis externa.
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Sylvester
Sylvester is on the at-risk list due to behavior. He is not thriving in the care center and is deteriorating in the Adoptions room. He is now displaying signs of overstimulation. Due to his stress levels, it is in his best interest to move out of the kennel environment and into a stable home as quickly as possible. He would do best in a home with adopters who are willing to give him plenty of time and space and who have experience with helping a fearful cat adjust to strangers.
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Mazi
Mazi is on the at-risk list due to behavior and medical concerns. Mazi in the care center has been intensely fearful in care, and selective with who can handle her at times. Mazi has escalated to lunging, snapping and growling at staff. Mazi has been slowly warming up to select staff, but now has began to leash bite after staff begin to pet her. Medically, Mazi has a guarded prognosis due to his level of emaciation having a body score of 2 out of 9. We have started a medical slow feeding protocol. He will need to continue this care to get him to a health body condition.
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Stark
Stark is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Stark in the care center has began to display arousal concerns while with staff in the care center. Stark has began to become over aroused while seeing dogs, becoming reactive, mounting staff , and has jumped up to mouth a staff member leaving two scrape marks and raised skin that did not break skin. Stark is social with staff, but having trouble settling in the care center. Medically, Stark is apparently healthy.
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Freedom
Freedom is at risk for behavior reasons. Freedom is highly fearful of new people and has escalated to lunging at staff. He has been warming up with familiar staff but his on-leash reactivity in the halls has increased with his length of stay. He requires an experienced person who will give him time to decompress. Medically, Freedom has shown lameness left hind leg. We have also started him on treatment for his dermatitis.
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Kiki
Kiki is on the at-risk list due to behavior. He is not thriving in the care center and continues to display distance-increasing behavior when approached for interactions. He is has never been socialized in the home and has not warmed up despite staff using treats to build a positive association. Due to his stress levels and high reactivity, it is in his best interest to move out of the kennel environment and into an appropriate environment in which he can be consistently met with and socialized appropriately. He would do best at a facility/space that is willing to give him plenty of time and space to adjust, and who have experience with helping severely under socialized cats adjust to the world and home life.
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Mia
Mia is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns in previous home and in care. Mia in her previous home does have a bite history, and jumped on the previous owner and nipped there chest leaving a small scrape wound that broke skin. Mia in care is not acclimating well to the care center environment despite best efforts to keep her comfortable, and has displayed a significant level of resource guarding, lunging at staff members as well as hovering items inside of her kennel and at times difficult to leash and has escalated to growling/lip curling. Medically, Mia has a mass on her left hip, partial aural hematoma, and her front right leg has been amputated.
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Bailey
Bailey is at risk for behavior reasons. Bailey was recently adopted and returned for being very mouthy, repeatedly mouthing at their ankles. In care she is deteriorating, spinning in circles, leash-biting and mouthing at staff members' clothing. Soft toys help manage her behavior in care for the time being, but she needs placement outside of the stressful shelter environment. Medically, she is a healthy dog.
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Luna Lulu
Luna Lulu is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Luna has been observed to be highly fearful during her stay in the care center. Noted to be avoidant of handlers and refusing walks. In kennel Luna will escalate to thrashing and snapping at the leash. After exiting Luna attempts to hide under the kennels. When a handler attempted to pick Luna up she was observed to whale eye and began growling and baring teeth. Medically Luna has dental disease but is otherwise healthy.
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Ronda
Ronda is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Ronda has not been acclimating well to the care center environment despite best effort to keep her comfortable. Ronda will pancake, and refuse to enter back into her kennel and is noted to pull hard and unable to settle outside even for longer walks. Ronda is social with staff but struggling in the care center. Medically, Ronda is slightly underweight.
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Silly Sky
Silly Sky has been placed on the at-risk list for medical reasons. She has chronic ear disease that needs long term medical therapy and, most likely, surgical intervention. She needs care and attention that we cannot provide. Behaviorally, Silly Sky as she has gotten comfortable enjoys her time with staff and volunteers. Typically she is found sitting alongside staff gettings treats and pets in the yard or on a walk.
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Avocado Toast
Avocado Toast is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Avocado Toast was recently returned to ACC due to an incident in his previous foster home. When the foster parent stepped out the house Avocado Toast was able to leave the area he was in and enter a different area where some foster kittens were being kept. One kitten was found deceased after interaction with Avocado Toast. During his stay in the care center Avo has been observed to be fearful. Medically Avocado Toast has dental disease.
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Beach Ball
Beach Ball is at risk due to behavior concerns in care. He was recently returned after being adopted due to behavioral concerns with the children in the home. In the care center, Beach Ball has exhibited high arousal levels, including kennel fighting and fixation on other dogs during transitions.Beach Ball recently redirected and bit a staff member during a kennel transition, resulting in a puncture to the wrist. Medically Beach ball has dermatitis.
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Orca
Orca is on the at-risk list for medical concerns. Orca has a significant anemia diagnosed at intake. He also had fleas and suspected flea dermatitis with an abnormal posture appreciated at intake. He will need follow up vet visits to monitor his anemia and ensure it is improving.
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Tourmaline
Tourmaline is at risk due to behavior concerns. She arrived at the care centers following a bite incident with the resident dog. While the resident dog was engaging with a toy, Tourmaline began to hover over them and escalated to biting and holding the left ear. During her intake she allowed all handling with a soft body. Throughout her stay in the care centers she has remained very social with handlers, usually displaying a loose and wiggly body. Medically, she has allergies, dental disease, dermatitis, and otitis externa.
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Beans
Beans is at risk due to behavior concerns. She was described to be a social, friendly, and affectionate dog by her previous owner. During her intake exam she was very loose and wiggly, jumping up socially on staff. Throughout her stay she has allowed all handling but has been observed to very anxious. Often noted to vocalize loudly, while jumping up very high, with all four paws leaving the ground, and often scrambling and pulling very hard while whining. On leash, she has been reported to be reactive to pigeons and on occasion has escalated to thrashing on leash. Medically, she is apparently healthy.
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Silver
Silver is on the at-risk list for medical reasons. She is an elderly cat that, unfortunately, has contracted a viral infection in the shelter. She has stopped eating and is losing weight. She needs care and attention that we cannot provide.
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Patch
Patch is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Patch has been highly fearful during his stay in the care center. Noted to quickly escalate to thrashing, flailing, growling, and snapping at the leash upon exiting kennel. Currently he is refusing to exit the kennel room despite coaxing and tossing treats. Medically Patch is apparently healthy.
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