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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Cowboy

Cowboy is on the at-risk list due to medical concerns. Cowboy has had a URI since arriving at the shelter and despite treatment, he is not improving. He has high FAS in shelter and allows minimal to no handling. He has maintained a good appetite and is much more likely to recover in a calm and quiet environment.

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Nala

Nala is on the at-risk list due to medical concerns. Nala is a sweet old cat with a chronic wound (owner's report they've been struggling with it for 4 years). She also has severe dental disease. Nala will need veterinary follow up to ensure her wound is healing appropriately as well as a dental procedure. Behaviorally, she has been soliciting attention and allows handling. However, depending on her healing process and how the stress-induced likely compulsive behavior (that resulted in her wound) does or does not continue to manifest - Nala will require continued behavioral and veterinary intervention to manage her condition to maintain a suitable quality of life.

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Tofu

Tofu is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. In the care center, Tofu displays high arousal behaviors including persistent jumping on handlers and occasional leash biting. Tofu has started to grab onto clothing and limbs during interactions, making it difficult to walk him safely at times. Tofu loves toys, readily engages in play and enrichment activities, and is highly social with staff but is struggling in the care center. Medically, Tofu is apparently healthy.

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Potato

Potato is at risk due to behavioral concerns. Potato is social with staff and enjoys engaging in play when brought out for Playgroup. Recently, however, she appears to be struggling with the stress of the shelter environment. Staff have observed an increase in mouthy behavior, including nipping at hands and ankles. Medically, Potato is apparently healthy.

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Jean

Jean is in the at-risk list for medical concerns. He is a young, sweet cat with chronic diarrhea. He needs a low stress home and out-patient management of his condition with a local veterinarian. He is on a special diet and anti-inflammatory medication for suspected inflammatory bowel disease.

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Bo Peep

Bo Peep is on the at-risk list for medical concerns. He is a young cat who is stressed in shelter and struggling to overcome a severe upper respiratory tract infection. He needs supportive care in a veterinary clinic in order to recover.

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Angel

Angel is on the at-risk list for medical concerns. She is a sweet, mature cat who is suddenly falling over and not eating. She needs an internal medicine and neurology consultation for suspected vestibular disease due to an inner ear infection. She will need supportive care in a veterinary clinic until a diagnosis and definitive treatment plan are made.

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Big Bubba

Big Bubba is at risk due to behavioral concerns. Big Bubba has been social with handlers in care after warming up, enjoys splashing in the pool, and playing with toys. Despite this, he has been displaying high levels of kennel stress, despite best efforts to keep him comfortable. He screeches and barks at other dogs when they pass his kennel, persistently jumping to the top of his kennel, causing him to hit his head, and crashing into his water bowl. Attempts to reduce visual stressors by covering his kennel have been attempted, but he tears them down. Medically, Big Bubba has alopecia.

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Laciee

Laciee is at risk due to behavioral reasons. While in care, Laciee has been observed to be highly reactive. Noted to lunge and hard bark towards dogs and people while in the yard. Recently Laciee has been observed to fixate and pull hard towards other dogs while on the street. This behavior is not able to be redirected easily. Laciee's previous owner describes her as very active and playful. Medically, Laciee is apparently healthy.

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Bacalao

Bacalao is on the at risk list for medical reasons. She is a sweet, mature girl with an upper respiratory infection, chronic kidney disease and dental disease. She is not eating in shelter and needs supportive care in a veterinary clinic to recover from her infection. She will need a kidney friendly diet indefinitely in her new home.

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Rocco

Rocco is at risk due to behavioral reasons. While in care, Rocco has been observed to be highly fearful. Noted to refuse walks and balk while on leash. During intake, Rocco was observed to snap at the ipad and at the owner's face. His previous owner describes him as social and affectionate. Medically, Rocco has CIRDC and mild to moderate detental disease.

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Polaris

Polaris is at risk due to behavioral reasons. While in care, Polaris has been observed to be fearful and have handling sensitivity. Noted to display a tense body, show whale eye, and escalate to baring teeth and snapping at handlers. During her most recent assessment, Polaris snapped and almost made contact when handlers pet them. While in care, Polaris has been observed to walk well on leash. Noted to stay near the handler and not react to dogs or people. Medically, Polaris has diarrhea.

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Jack R.

Jack R. is At Risk due to behavioral concerns. While in the Care Centers, Jack was observed becoming tense and pulling toward other dogs. On one occasion, he was seen pushing off the room walls in an attempt to engage in kennel fighting behavior. Jack has also been reported to display signs of fear while outside and will sometimes immediately pull back toward the shelter after relieving himself. Staff currently use treat trails to help manage him during walks. He was seen licking his kennel walls and spinning outside but he hasnt engage in those behaviors often. In the pens, Jack is playful with staff and enjoys engaging in zoomies. Medically, Jack R is apparently healthy.

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Foxy

Foxy is at risk due to behavioral reasons. While in foster Foxy was observed to bark and lunge towards other dogs. Recently her previous adopter stated that Foxy would growl, hard bark, and lunge towards strangers as well as other stimuli, such as strollers. It was stated that Foxy will bark, growl, whine, and pull hard towards them. While in care, Foxy has shown dog reactivity with difficulty being redirected. In other instances, Foxy remains engaged with the handler while on walks. When interacting with handlers, Foxy is exuberant and will lean into contact. Medically, Foxy is apparently healthy.

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Chickpea

Chickpea is on the At Risk list due to behavior. She is not thriving in the care center and continues to display challenging behavior during interactions. She is extremely intelligent and high energy, and needs to expend energy constructively with interactive play sessions 3-4X/day. In addition to playtime, this cat would also benefit from mental exercise from activities such as puzzle toys/games, lick mats, or clicker training. Without providing activity for her mind and body, the cat may react with rough play, potentially resulting in bite/scratch incidents. 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 feline body language, overstimulation, rough play, and who have the time to invest in managing these behaviors on a consistent basis to avoid further bite/scratch incidents.

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Earl Grey

Earl Grey is on the at-risk list for medical concerns. Earl Grey has lost a significant amount of weight and has had a poor appetite for a prolonged amount of time. He has a mild-moderate URI and is still active in his kennel. Supportive care and other treatments have not improved his appetite. Earl Grey may need to be hospitalized if he does not eat outside the shelter. Behaviorally, he has improved since intake (when he had to be sedated to be examined); he now allows petting and some medical handling and will give warnings when he has had enough.

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Cosmo

Cosmo is on the at-risk list for medical concerns. Cosmo is a kitten with a ruptured eye that needs surgery. He is not consistently gaining weight in shelter and will need to do so before he is stable for enucleation surgery. Behaviorally, he is timid, but allows all handling.

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Shadow

Shadow is at risk due to behavioral concerns. Shadow has not been acclimating well to the shelter environment after being returned by a previous adopter due to destructive tendencies (chewed through a door), snapping at the adopter's niece when too excited (left a bruise), and when restrained. In calmer settings, Shadow is highly social with handlers, readily playing with toys, having zoomies in the behavior office, seeking attention, and can be vocal. But taking him on walks can be difficult. Shadow plants himself, pancakes, pulls back, and begins wailing once removed from his kennel. Handlers have to take a specific route in order for Shadow to willingly leave the kennel room and/or be returned to the kennel, which can be difficult at times due to daily operations. Medically, Shadow is apparently healthy.

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Blaze

Blaze is at risk for behavior reasons. Blaze is a young dog with high energy. He is deteriorating in care, becoming increasingly mouthy with pressure during socialization. Blaze has resource guarding with food and toys. He is food motivated and responds well with treats, loves to play. Medically, he is apparently healthy.

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Goofy Goober

Goofy Goober is At risk due to behavioral concerns. While in the Care Centers, Goofy Goober was reported to grab staff members' leashes while being returned to his kennel. On one occasion, he chewed through a staff member's slip lead. He has also, occasionally, displayed signs of kennel deterioration, including banging on his transfer door, vocalizing loudly, and repeatedly jumping up and down in his kennel. Outside of the kennel, Goofy Goober is social and friendly with staff and readily accepts treats offered to him. Medically, Goofy Goober has dermatitis and dental disease.

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MacHo

Macho is At Risk due to behavioral concerns. Macho's owner reports that he has had altercations with the other dogs in the home over treats and was recently bitten during a resource-guarding incident. He is reactive toward dogs, cats, and unfamiliar people approaching the home, responding with growling and snapping. While in the Care Centers, Macho has displayed a stiff body posture with select staff members but remains receptive to treats. Medically, Macho has Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Complex and a wound that is healing.

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Balto

Balto is at risk for behavior reasons. Balto was briefly adopted and returned due to multiple bites in the home. We have no information about the circumstances of the bite incidents besides there was a bite to another dog, and a person. In care, Balto has been anxious in care but allows all handling without issue. Medically, Balto is overweight and has dental disease.

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Rain

Rain is at-risk due to behavior concerns. She was reportedly found tied up with another dog, and they were fighting one another. The intensity of the delivered bites is unknown. Rain is social with handlers, but easily becomes hyperaroused. She jumps up repeatedly towards handlers with an open mouth. Rain has been observed to grab at staff/handlers' shirts, pants, and treat pouches. On one occasion, she knocked treats out of a handler's pouch, but she did not take them due to her arousal. When passing another hadnler that moves out of the pathway, Rain attempts to jump on them, mouth open. This behavior has continued to intensify throughout her stay. Medically, Rain is recovering from wounds.

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Lion

Lion is at risk due to behavioral concerns. Lion has been reluctant to go for walks or leave the building. He has been seen pancaking in the middle of hallways, refusing to leave the building for a walk. On another occasion, he pancaked in the hallway immediately after leaving his room. Lion has been easy to remove from the kennel and will take high-value treats with a soft mouth when trying to coax him to walk, before he pancakes again. Medically, Lion is overweight.

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Charlie

Charlie is at risk due to behavioral concerns. Charlie has been showing reactivity to other dogs during walks, when passing kennels to either leave the room or enter, and occasional leash biting both during walks and when being returned to the kennel. Charlie will hard bark, growl, and pull towards kennels and will also display the aforementioned behaviors in addition to lunging when he sees other dogs on walks. Medically, Charlie has lameness in his right and left hind legs.

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