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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Pretty
Pretty needs at risk placement for medical reasons. She is a mature, happy dog with a hind limb lameness due a growth on her toe. She also has mammary masses, and we are concerned the lesion on her toe will not resolve with medication. She needs out-patient monitoring by a local veterinarian and possibly a toe amputation, mastectomy and spay. Fortunately, her bloodwork and radiographs have been normal. Behaviorally, Pretty is highly social with staff. She enjoys pets, treats, and going for walks around the neighborhood.
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Kit
Kit is on the at-risk list due to behavior. He is not thriving in the care center and has been deteriorating behaviorally in care. He 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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Magnetite
Magnetite 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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Confetti
Confetti 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 his/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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Choice
Choice is on the at-risk list due to medical concerns. Choice has severe aural masses that are causing chronic otitis. He also has a heart murmur and dental disease. If Choice's heart murmur persists, he should see a cardiologist prior to anesthesia. He will need to have the masses removed or debulked in order to treat his otitis effectively. Behaviorally, Choice is very sweet and tolerates all medical handling.
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Cash
Cash is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Cash in the care center has been intensely fearful, not interacting with staff and is observed to be shaking in kennel despite best efforts to keep her comfortable. Cash has been observed to lunge at staff when unfamiliar staff approach her kennel and during walks avoids interaction. Medically, Cash is healthy.
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Lela
Lela is at risk due to behavioral concerns. Lela has been displaying a high level of kennel stress despite efforts to keep her comfortable. When people pass her kennel, she begins hard barking, growling, lunging, and baring teeth, which is a new behavior for her, indicating a high level of stress. She has also been seen at the back of her kennel, jumping all the way to the top. Outside of her kennel, Lela can be initially nervous at first and needs some time to warm up to new people. But with handlers or staff she is familiar with, she is social; Lela has displayed intermittent reactivity to other dogs on walks, but this behavior is inconsistent. Medically, Lela has been recently treated for Giardia. Lela is healthy.
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Xena
Xena 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 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. She 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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Neo Trinity
Neo Trinity 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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Dandelion
Dandelion is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Dandelion has been observed to jump up and intensely bite the leash until passing out. This behavior is not able to be redirected using treats. While exiting the kennel room Dandelion has been observed to cage fight with the neighboring dogs. After reacting to the dogs Dandelion turns towards the handler, the handler has to straight arm her to keep her away. While out with handlers Dandelion allows them to pet her. Medically Dandelion is overweight and has dental disease. Dandelion is at risk due to behavioral reasons. She has been observed to be reactive while on leash and also rope reactive. During her stay Dandelion has been observed to cage fight in the kennel room. After reacting she is observed to then spin towards the handler. Dandelion has also been observed to jump up and bite the leash until passing out. This behavior is not able to be redirected. Medically Dandelion has dental disease and is overweight.
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Otis
Otis is at risk due to behavior concerns. During his previous stay in the care center, Otis was observed to lack basic manners and be on leash reactive. He was returned from foster due his dog reactivity, and in care he continues to display the same behavior. Otis is reported to cage fight while being removed or returned from the room. He will hard bark, lunge, growl, and pull very hard towards other dogs. Recently, he has been observed to be bouncing back and forth from his kennel walls all whilst barking and heavily panting. He has remained social with handlers. Medically, he is apparently underweight.
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Sol
Sol is on the At Risk list due to behavior. She is not thriving in the care center and is declining in the Adoptions room. She is now displaying signs of confliction and overstimulation. 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 and who have experience with helping a fearful cat adjust to strangers.
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Ernesto
Ernesto is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Ernesto has been observed to be highly rope reactive, noted to jump up high and bite the leash. On one occasion chewing through the leash. This behavior is not able to be redirected easily. Ernesto is sometimes receptive to a toy being tossed. One instance when a handler tossed a toy Ernest missed and made contact with the handlers hand leaving bruising. During another instance Ernesto was not receptive to the toy and bit the handler on the hand. This bite did not break skin. Ernesto has also been observed to jump up on handlers and mouth their hands. Medically Ernesto has a wound.
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Kenny
Kenny 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. She/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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Parks
Parks is currently at risk due to behavior reasons. Parks has been reactive towards both dogs and people while at the care center. She will vocalize while lunging towards people and dogs she is passing in the halls and on the street. At times she will turn towards handlers after reacting. Recently, she has begun to bite at the fence in the yard if other dogs are handlers are present. Medically, Parks is lactating, has mastitis and osteoarthritis and has CIRDC and is not eating well.
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Seagull
Seagull is currently at risk due to behavior reasons. Seagull was brought to ACC by a member of the public who found him tied up. The person reports that Seagull was attempting to bite them as well other people passing on the street as they were walking to ACC. When he first arrived, Seagull was tense bodied and whale eyeing when handlers attempted to engage with him. He has since warmed up, remaining neutral and allowing for brief touch, like collaring and leashing. However, Seagull has begun spinning quickly in kennel attempting to grab the leash. Medically, Seagull is overweight but otherwise healthy.
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Lydia
Lydia 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 appears to be under socialized and 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 an under socialized young cat adjust to strangers.
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Dembe
Dembe is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Dembe has not been acclimating well to the care center environment despite best efforts to keep him comfortable. Dembe is highly stressed in kennel, jumping off his kennel walls, constantly rebounding and covering his kennel in feces as a result. Dembe will jump so often in kennel that his paw pads are starting to bleed. Dembe is social with staff, but struggling to acclimate to the care center environment. Medically, Dembe is healthy.
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Sugar Foot

Sugar Foot is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Sugar Foot in the care center has been not acclimating well despite best efforts to keep her comfortable. Sugar Foot on walks pulls hard, is highly aroused and pulling towards other dogs/vocalizing/screeching while out on walks, unable to settle on her own. Sugar Foot is also intensely fearful with unfamiliar staff approaching her, escalating quickly to growling and lip curling. Medically, Sugar Foot is underweight but is otherwise healthy.
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Skyler
Skyler is on the at-risk list due to behavior. She is not thriving in the care center when staff have to provide basic animal care daily and she may display conflicted behaviors when engaging with attention during staff interactions or socialization. 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 and who have experience with helping a fearful cat adjust to strangers.
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Maximus
Maximus is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns in his previous home. Maximus arrived at the care center with a bite history, Maximus bit a person in the face during a reported physical altercation with people in his previous home. The bite was in the face and resulted in injury requiring hospital treatment. Maximus in the care center is social with staff, but does display handling sensitivities consistent with what his previous owner reported and previous stay in care. Medically, Maximus is apparently healthy.
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Tiny
Tiny is at risk due to behavioral concerns. Tiny has shown fearful behavior and kennel reactivity, including hard barking, growling, and avoidance of the leash when handlers approach. While she has gradually become more social with familiar handlers, offering a loose, wiggly body and soliciting attention, she continues to display high levels of stress in the care center, including hypersalivation, tucked tail, and pressing into handlers when anxious. In the prior home, she has a bite history toward another dog in the prior. Tiny escaped the yard to chase an unfamiliar dog. The owner stated that Tiny was able to bite the dog. The other dog did not need medical care. Medically, Tiny has recently recovered from CIRDC and is healthy.
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Casper
Casper is at risk due to behavioral and medical reasons. During his stay in the care center Casper has been observed to be highly fearful. During intake Casper was observed to growl, vocalize and lunge towards handlers. He has also been observed to headwhip and vocalize while on leash. In kennel Casper is receptive to treats. Medically Casper has pneumonia and needs supportive care in a veterinary clinic to recover.
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Roxy
Roxy is at risk for behavior reasons. She was in an altercation in her previous home over resources. Roxy incurred a bite to her head, then escalated to biting, holding and shaking. In care she was initially fearful but has warmed up nicely being sweet and social with staff and volunteers. Medically she has recently been vomiting but is otherwise healthy.
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Rollie
Rollie is currently at risk due to behavior reasons. Rollie was found as a stray but lived with the finder for a week before arriving at ACC. The finder would only describe his behavior in that time as 'aggressive' without specifying further. At the care center, Rollie was fearful, tense bodied, avoidant and flinching at sounds. Over time he warmed up to staff, allowing some petting an seeking attention, but would growl at unknown individuals who attempted to engage with him in kennel. He also began lunging towards those who passed by him on the street. Rollie was adopted recently but could not be removed from the adopter's car safely. During this time, Rollie bit someone's hand. It's unknown if the bite broke skin. Medically, Rollie is apparently healthy.
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