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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Duncan
Duncan is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. In the care center, Duncan has shown fearful behavior, including attempting to flee during leashing, a tucked tail, pinned ears, lowering his body, flinching at sudden sounds, and some avoidance of handlers. Duncan has shown improvement over time and will seek attention, lean into handlers for petting, accept treats, and tolerate handling, but still struggles to acclimate in the care center. Medically, Duncan is apparently healthy.
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Shine Bright Like A Diamond
Shine Bright Like a Diamond is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. In the care center, she has shown fearful and high-arousal behavior, including hard pulling, balking at sudden sounds, and trying to push out kennel when being leashed. She was also reported to lunge toward a staff member’s face through her crate. Shine Bright Like a Diamond is generally easy to leash and has been able to return to her kennel safely without issue. Medically, she is apparently healthy.
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Nika
Nika is on the at-risk list due to behavior. She is not thriving in the care center and continues to display distance-increasing behavior when approached for interactions. She has not warmed up despite staff using treats to build a positive association. 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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Baby Face
Baby Face 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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Whiskey
Whiskey is on the At-Risk list due to behavior. When first arriving at the Care Center, Whiskey would hiss at staff and was not open to engaging with enrichment or having interactions. Since the duration of his stay, Whiskey has begun escalating to swatting and lunging out of his hiding spot. This behavior has made it difficult for staff to safely clean his kennel as he is very quick to escalate. 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. Medically, Whiskey has mild-moderate dental disease.
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Phantom
Phantom 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. Since being at the Care Center, he has also begun to have litter box accidents. 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. Medically, he has mild dental staining.
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Jester
Jester is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. In the care center, Jester has shown high levels of stress and defensive behavior when returning to his kennel, including whipping around toward handlers, lunging, hard barking, baring his teeth, pacing, and heavy panting. Jester continues to struggle to settle once returned to his kennel and can become difficult to safely handle at times. Jester enjoys going out for walks and playing fetch. Medically, Jester is apparently healthy.
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Jack Jack
Jack Jack is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. In the care center, Jack Jack has shown high arousal on walks, including hard pulling, intermittently jumping on handlers, and difficulty settling at times. Jack Jack is highly social with handlers and has made consistent progress through training, readily engaging in basic cues, leave-it work, and trade games. Medically, Jack Jack is apparently healthy.
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Swizel Stick
Swizzle Stick is at risk due to behavioral reasons. While in care, Swizzle has been observed to be reactive while on leash. During intake, when a person entered the room Swizzle was in she lunged, hard barked, and growled at them. While on leash Swizzle has been observed to lunge and growl at other dogs. Similar behavior has been noted while in the kennel room. Swizel will lunge towards the dogs in their kennels. With handlers, Swizel will engage with them socially and also enjoys engaging with tennis balls. Medically, Swizel has corneal ulceration.
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Sadie
Sadie is at risk for behavior reasons. Sadie is on-leash reactive towards unfamiliar people, and other animals. She will escalate to barking, and lunging. Sadie has been able to warm up with select staff members relatively quickly. Once comfortable, she can be very jumpy and mouthy. Medically, she is being treated for a urinary tract infection.
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Shortie
Shortie is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. In the care center, Shortie has shown in the care center fearful and defensive behavior, including growling, baring her teeth, lip curling, lunging, and remaining stiff and avoidant around handlers. She has also shown tense, growling, and hard barking behavior toward other dogs. Shortie has shown improvement with familiar handlers, becoming loose and social, seeking attention, engaging in toy play, and participating in training but her defensive behavior has been intense in the past. Medically, Shortie is overweight. Crate, happy cocktail, clip drag leash to collar Gabe
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Solo
Solo is at risk due to behavior concerns. Solo has not acclimated well to the shelter environment, and has shown increasingly defensive behavior escalating from growling and baring teeth at staff when passing by her kennel, or while passing them on leash, to attempting to bite the hand of a staff member when being removed from her kennel. Solo has shown some social behavior with staff outside of these incidents, accepting petting and responding to simple cues. Medically, Solo is apparently healthy.
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Rocky Pebble

Rocky Pebble is at risk due to behavior concerns in the previous home. Rocky Pebble is reported to have bitten multiple times in the previous home. His most recent bite incident resulted in two punctures to his owner's leg and was a bite-and-release. Rocky's owner reported that he has bitten multiple times in the home without any clear warning, and his bites are bites and adjusts. He is also reported to guard random stolen objects and will snap or attempt to bite when they are touched. Medically, Rocky Pebble is apparently healthy.
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Coco Melon
Coco Melon is at risk due to behavioral concerns. Coco Melon has not acclimated during his stay in care, despite efforts to keep him comfortable. Coco Melon has displayed intense leash biting beahviors whihc has made safely removing him from kennel for walks or interactions difficult. He has been unresponsive to handlers' attempts to redirect him with treats, toys, and high-value items due to the intensity of his fixation and leash biting. Coco Melon grabbed a handler's hand in the process during a recent attempt to leash him. The bite did not break the skin or draw blood. When removed from the kennel for his handling assessment, he was observed to kennel fight as he left the room. Medically, Coco Melon is apparently healthy.
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Witty Aisy
Witty Aisy is at risk due to behavioral reasons. While in care, Witty has been observed to be fearful and dog reactive. Noted to have a tense body and tucked tail. In kennel Witty has been observed to growl and dodge the leash when handlers were attempting to leash her. While out of the kennel, Witty becomes frantic when seeing other dogs and will begin pulling towards them. When in a closed yard, Witty will begin to seek exit and pull back into the building. This behavior is not easily redirected. Before arriving at a Witty bit, a person who picked her up to place her into a car. This bite did break skin. During intake and her medical exam, Witty was noted to be social with handlers. Medically, Witty has CIRDC.
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Jeep Wrangler

Jeep Wrangler 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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Bruno
Bruno is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. In the care center, Bruno has shown high arousal and persistent leash biting, including repeatedly grabbing at the leash, lunging at the kennel door, and attempting to rush out when opened. He has also displayed significant dog-directed reactivity and hard pulling on walks, making him difficult for staff to manage. Bruno's leash biting has become increasingly difficult to redirect with treats, but has been reported to be social with staff but is struggling to acclimate. Medically, Bruno is apparently healthy.
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Cider
Cider is at risk for behavior reasons. Cider was initially highly fearful, remaining tense and hypersalivating during interactions. He has since warmed up with staff but requires slow introductions. Cider was brought out for enrichment circle with puzzle toys and high value foods. He showed potential to resource guard these items. Medically, he is apparently healthy.
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Moko
Moko is at risk due to behavioral concerns. Moko has not acclimated well to the shelter enviornment despite best efforts to keep him comfortable. In his kennel, he is jumping to the top of his kennel with saliva and feces smeared across the glass. Out of the kennel, Moko has remained loose and wiggly with handlers but has displayed a low threshold for arousal, which has manifested mainly as jumping up towards staff and handlers' faces. In calmer settings, he has difficulty settling but will intermittently engage with training games. Moko recently became aroused once removed from the kennel and jumped up towards a staff member's face, and his teeth made contact with their cheek. A second handler had to assist with Moko as he attempted to continue, but they were able to quickly separate them. This did not break the skin or draw blood. Medically, Moko is reported to have chronic ear infections but is otherwise apparently healthy.
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Chanel No 5
Chanel No 5 is at risk due to behavioral reasons. In her previous home Chanel was reported to have a bite incident and destructive tendencies. The bite was a bite and release that did break skin. While in care, Chanel has been observed to have poor impulse control. In one instance, a handler was walking by while holding linens. Chanel then lunged at the handler and bit and held the linens. Chanel's previous owner describes her as social and affectionate. With handlers, Chanel has been noted to be receptive to pattern games. Medically, Chanel is apparently healthy.
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Chico Pupcup

Chico Pupcup is at risk due to behavioral reasons. While in care, Chico has been observed to be highly fearful and will escalate to thrashing while on leash. This behavior is not easily redirected. In the kennel room, Chico has been observed to pull towards the other dogs. Due to concerning behavior a handler had to straight armed him away, Chico began to thrash and muzzle punch the handler's leg in response. Chico's previous owner describes him as friendly and active. During intake, Chico was social with handlers and would lean into them for contact. Medically, Chico is apparently healthy.
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Loki
Loki is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Loki has been observed to be highly fearful while in care. Noted to hard bark, lunge, and snap at handlers when they attempt to interact with handlers. In his previous, Loki was reported to display similar behaviors. Noted to hard bark, growl, and snap at strangers. Loki's previous owner describes him as an independent dog that loves going to the park. Medically, Loki is apparently healthy.
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