At-Risk Animals

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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.

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At-Risk Animals

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Thor

Thor is at risk for behavior reasons. Thor has been fearful in care, escalating to snapping. He is warming up to select handlers. He has a bite incident to a child in his previous home, but the situation is unclear, and the bite did not break the skin. Medically, we recommend follow-up on dental care and heart murmur when placed.

Rylee

Rylee is on the at risk list due to behavior concerns in care and noted in her previous home. Rylee in the care center has displayed hyperarousal in the care center, accompanied by leash biting during her behavior assessment. Rylee does have a bite history with another dog, and has bit and held onto another dogs ear breaking skin. Rylee was also recently returned after being adopted. She held and shook onto the resident dog's ear, which did not break skin. Rylee is also reported to be reactive on leash towards strangers and other dogs on walks. Medically, Mass and Pyoderma.

Zorro

Zorro is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Zorro is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Initially, Zorro was noted to be fearful at times, often balking and refusing to walk, requiring staff to use a sling to return him to his kennel. Recently, however, he has shown some improvement—walking willingly for certain staff members and consistently remaining social. Medically, Zorro is apparently healthy.

Bluey

Bluey is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Bluey in the care center has not been acclimating despite best efforts to keep him comfortable. Bluey will bark in the corner of his kennel throughout the day, and is noted to begin to guard items in his kennel making it difficult to remove him from kennel at times. Bluey is generally anxious in the care center, and has began to jump up and grab his leash during some interactions. Medically, Bluey is apparently healthy.

Niko

Niko is on the at-risk list for medical reasons. He has difficulty defecating because he has muscle weakness in his rectal tissue (perineal hernia). He needs care, attention and, potentially, surgery that we cannot provide.

Brownie

Brownie is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Brownie is showing significant signs of deterioration in kennel. He is observed to be pacing at the front of his kennel with dilated pupils, is heavily panting, and will jump up very high, almost touching the roof of his kennel and cage fighting. Earlier in his stay at the Care Centers, Brownie is observed to lunge, hard bark, and actively bite the crate bars to try and get to a dog walking past. With staff and volunteers, Brownie is highly social and solicits petting while gently taking treats. His previous owner has reported that he loves playing fetch, loves belly rubs and treats. Medically, Brownie is apparently healthy.

Toby

Toby 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.

Zeus

Zeus is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns noted in his previous home. In his prior home, Zeus displayed resource guarding of food and water, becoming tense and hovering over these items. He has snapped on two occasions, once at an adult and once at a child, both incidents involving access to water. Zeus is also noted to hard bark, lunge and bare teeth when he sees other strangers, bikes, cars when out for walks. In the care center, Zeus is social with staff. Medically, Zeus has some mild skin issues.

Tesla

Tesla is on at the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Tesla in care is struggling to acclimate to his kennel environment despite best efforts to keep him comfortable. Tesla has began to display poor kennel presence, lunging and hard barking at his kennel door when approached and is observed to rebound off his kennel walls throughout the day. Medically, Tesla has a heart murmur.

Black Beauty

Black Beauty is at-risk due to behavior concerns. He arrived at the care centers as a stray with no known history. During his intake he allowed handling, but had a tense body, was hard staring, retreated from staff, began barking at them, and had to be muzzled. He is reported to be very food motivated. Throughout his stay he has been observed to hard stare towards people on dogs while on leash. In care, he refuses to re-enter the kennel room if the fan is turned on, and sometime has to be jogged in. He was reported to be jumpy but redirectable, but as of recently, he has deteriorated and has become more challenging to redirect. At the beginning of the month, staff reported an incident where they were in the elevator with Black Beauty when he began to jump onto the handler in a very frantic manner and began mouthing them. In a recent incident, Black Beauty began jumping up at a handler and actually bit and released their shirt, no contact was made. On his walks he never settles and is constantly displaying very frantic behavior, pacing, darting in all directions, scrambling, pulling very hard and abruptly stopping to intensely scratching himself, a displacement behavior. During attempting training sessions, he remains above threshold, unable to retain his focus, and even escalates to whining. He does not engage or is receptive to high value treats, squeakers, or pattern games. Medically, he is apparently healthy.

Agnes

Agnes is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Agnes was noted to be highly fearful when first arriving at the Care Centers. Despite efforts to keep him comfortable, Agnes has remained fearful and is not warming up to staff. Agnes is noted to be difficult to leash (leash dodging), hesitant to exit or enter kennel, and at times thrashed on leash when walking through the hallways of the Care Centers. In play yard Agnes is noted to hide below benches, show tense body and tucked tail, often pacing in a circular motion around handlers avoiding socializing. Agnes is noted to walk fairly well on leash when outside on sidewalk, and is non-reactive to dogs. Medically Agnes appears to have unspecified dermatitis, but otherwise is apparently healthy.

Groucho

Groucho 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; however, he may be somewhat conflicted since he occasionally has good days where he welcomes petting and attention. 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.

Picasso

Picasso is at risk for behavior reasons. Picasso is deteriorating in care. He has always lacked basic manners and impulse control, however with a prolonged stay, he becomes easily over aroused, escalating to jumping and mouthing during socialization session. He requires more exercise and impulse control training with an experienced owner in an adult home. Medically, he is apparently healthy.