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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Cottage
Cottage is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. In the care center, Cottage displays high arousal and on-leash reactivity, including persistent hard pulling, barking at dogs and people, fixating on handlers, kennel fighting, and becoming difficult to return to her kennel. She has also been reported to grab at a handler's pants during kennel re-entry. Cottage is highly food motivated, enjoys enrichment, readily engages with pools and with staff. Medically, Cottage recently recovered from CIRDC.
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Victoria
Victoria is at risk for behavior reasons. Victoria has been showing conflicting behavior during socialization. She can become quickly aroused, jumping up at staff with tense body, ears back. She has behaved well on walks. Medically, she has some dental disease, signs of chronic otitis and a dermal mass.
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Snow Cone
Snow Cone is at risk due ot behavioral concerns. Snow Cone has not acclimated well to the shelter environment and has escalated towards handlers during attempts to return him to the kennel. While he readily accepted treats during his behavior assessment and played with plush toys, he was noted to grumble and move away during the toy portion of his assessment. Snow Cone pancakes, and when leash pressure is applied, he snarled and lunged at a handler, requiring him to be double leashed to be placed in his kennel safely. Medically, Snow Cone is matted, overweight, and has dermatitis.
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Ms Chili Peppa
Ms. Chili Peppa is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. In the care center, Ms. Chili Peppa displays fearful and conflicted behavior during leash handling, including growling, lunging toward handlers' hands, barking, retreating from the leash, whale eye, and vigilance during kennel removal. She also displays high arousal once out of the kennel, including hard pulling and jumping toward handlers and the leash. Ms. Chili Peppa is social once comfortable, seeks out affection, leans into petting, and is able to be safely handled and returned to her kennel with appropriate management but intermittently has issues with being removed from kennel from select staff. Medically, Ms. Chili Peppa has CIRDC.
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Oreo Cheesecake
Oreo Cheesecake is at risk due to behavioral concerns reported in his previous home. Oreo Cheesecake has bitten his previous owner three times in the past and has a history of spinning in circles/chasing his tail while growling since he was a puppy, will growl and bark at strangers if approached too fast, is reactive to other dogs during walks; and he escalates to growling and snapping during any form of grooming. All three bites were bites and releases. Medically, Oreo Cheesecake is cryptorchid, and there is concern for neurological disease due to his persistently spinning and growling.
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Astrid
Astrid 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, highly social, and needs to expend energy constructively with interactive play sessions 3-4X/day. She displays a very short threshold for touch, although soliciting the attention and can escalate to high levels of overstimulation and reactivity. 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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Milo Bean
Milo is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Milo's previous owner also states that he will growl and hard bark when in possession of food and other items. It was reported Milo did bite someone several years ago which the bite did not break skin but did leave marks and a scratch. While in care, Milo has been observed to be fearful. Noted to bark, dodge the leash, and snap towards the leash when attempting to leaash him. Milo's previous owner describes him as social and affectionate. Medically, Milo is currently healthy.
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Pucci
Pucci needs at risk placement for medical reasons. He is a sweet cat with severe inflammation of his eyelids and conjunctiva that is not responding to supportive care in shelter. He needs placement in a veterinary clinic and then a peaceful home to recover.
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Garlic Knot

Garlic Knot 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 has not warmed up despite staff using treats to build a positive association. 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 to adjust, and who have experience with helping a fearful cat adjust to strangers.
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Charm
Charm is at risk due to behavioral concerns. While Charm has been highly social with handlers and engaged in play with other select dogs during playgroup sessions, he is displaying a concerning level of arousal and kennel stress as his length of stay progresses. In his kennel, he is jumping up and spinning. Charm has intermittently been leash biting and thrashing when taken out of the kennel, kennel fighting as he exits the kennel room, and mouthing at handlers/staffs hands, has nipped at handlers' chests, leaving red marks. Due to these concerns, it has become increasingly difficult to walk Charm. Medically, Charm is apparently healthy.
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Kingston
Kingston is at risk due to behavioral concerns. Kingston has been highly social with staff and handlers in care, leaning into petting, engaging with toys, snuffle mats, and enrichment games in calmer settings. But he recently has begun to leash bite when being removed from the kennel and is kennel fighting with other dogs as he is walked out of the room, which has made taking him for walks challenging. On one occasion, Kingston did redirect onto a staff member's leg, nipping them. Due to this, he was returned to his kennel, and his walk was not completed due to his behavior. Medically, Kingston has an ear infection.
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Rosemary
Rosemary is on the at risk list for medical reasons. Rosemary is a sweet, underweight, old cat with some severe bloodwork changes that are suggestive of cancer. She is clinically doing well in shelter (bright, interactive, great appetite), and her bloodwork values and weight have improved, but her long term prognosis remains guarded to poor. Behaviorally, Rosemary is amenable to handling and petting.
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Miu Miu
Miu Miu 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 his/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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Kibou
Kibou needs at risk placement for medical reasons. She is a young, sweet dog with a severe anemia. She is eating and receiving treatment for possible intestinal parasite and tick-borne disease exposure. Kibou also had a syncopal episode with no clear cause. She needs placement in a veterinary clinic for further testing to determine the reason for her condition.
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Milo
Milo is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Milo was brought to the care centers following a bite incident in his previous home. Milo was reported to have bitten his owner on the forearm after the owner was yelling at him. The bite broke skin, but the owner did not seek medical attention. While in care, Milo has been observed to be highly fearful with a tense body. Milo is noted to be receptive to treats. Medically, Milo has dental disease and a fractured tooth.
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Hershey
Hershey is at risk due to behavioral concerns in the care center. He has shown leash reactivity and kennel fighting toward other dogs, He is also noted to react to dogs in nearby kennels and pop-up crates. On walks when seeing other dogs he will hard pull on leash with a tense body, causing himself to choke and salivate. During walks, handlers use treats and toys for redirection, but he does not always respond to them. With handlers, Hershey displays social behavior, maintaining a loose body and leaning into petting. Medically Hershey is apparently healthy.
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Banana Cream Pie

Banana Cream Pie is at risk due to behavior concerns. Banana has show increasing shelter stress and dog reactivity while in care. In kennel, she has been observed to jump up and down and heavily pant. She fixates on dogs on the street as well as in the shelter, hard staring, pulling hard, and barking towards other dogs. She is sometimes able to be redirected with squeakers while outside at a distance from other dogs, but is not able to be redirected with treats or a squeaker in close proximity. Banana's previous owner states that she will growl and hard bark when seeing dogs and moving objects while on leash. Banana has also shown signs of fearfulness while in care. Banana's previous owner notes that she will become tense and hover over food and random objects, and has frequent accidents in the home. She was described to be very playful and hyperactive in the home. Medically, Banana Cream Pie is slightly underweight but otherwise apparently healthy.
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Mama Coco
Mama Coco is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Mama Coco was recently returned to the care center due to fearful behavior being observed while in foster. It was reported that Mama Coco would struggle settling around strangers, would bark and growl. While in the care center, Mama Coco has been observed to be highly kennel reactive. Noted to pull hard towards the other dogs in the kennel room. After being put into kennel, Mama Coco has attempted to push out in order to continue behavior. While out on walks with handlers Mama Coco will walk on a loose leash, will accept pets, and warms up with slow approach. Medically, Mama Coco has small wound on ear that is healing but otherwise healthy.
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