Emergency Placement Animals


Thank you for your interest in adopting from Animal Care Centers of NYC. Our emergency placement animals are posted three times a week, on the evenings of Sunday, Tuesday, and Thursday at 6:00PM and remain 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 emergency placement animals, please visit the Emergency Placement 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 emergency placement 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

Emergency Placement Animals

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Apricot

Apricot is on the emergency placement list due to behavioral reasons. Apricot is dog reactive, while she was in her foster home was involved in a scuffle with a dog on the street while on a walk. The scuffle resulted in the other dog receiving a small wound. While in the care center, Apricot has displayed the same behavior which has resulted in close call incidents by redirecting on a staff member's pants when being removed from the kennel and quickly snapping at another dog's nose when they accidentally walked into another staff member with a dog. Neither incident broke the skin or caused injury. Apricot would do best in an environment as the only dog. Medically, Apricot is overweight.
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Bucky

Bucky is on the emergency placement list due to behavioral reasons. Bucky has been extremely fearful at the care center and will not consistently allow for leashing and removal from the kennel. He will jump at the leash, grab it with his mouth then release it. His owner reports that he will bark and growl at strangers. Medically, Bucky has dental disease and a wound.
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Cookie Crumble

Cookie Crumble is seeking emergency placement for behavior concerns, due to reactivity toward humans (lunging, barking and growling). She does tolerate walks from familiar humans. Medically she has recovered from pneumonia and is no longer on medications.
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Sal

Sal is on the emergency placement 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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Canelo

Canelo is on emergency placement due to behavioral reasons. Canelo has been observed to jump up, bite, and pull on the leash. When exuberant Canelo has been observed to jump up and mouth handlers hands and arms with moderate pressure. Canelo is very treat motivated. Medically, Canelo is healthy.
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Palmer

Palmer needs emergency placement for medical reasons. She is a senior dog with Canine Infectious Respiratory Disease Complex. She is struggling to recover from this illness and needs a quiet home out of shelter to convalesce.
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Norah

Norah is in need of emergency placement due to behavior concerns. She has been fearful in the care center, warming slightly over time. Norah has begun to leash bite significantly, making it difficult to walk her safely. Medically, Norah has dermatitis and a heart murmur.
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Charlemagne

Charlemagne is on the emergency placement 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 majorly 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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Teddy

Teddy needs emergency placement for medical reasons. He is a senior, intact dog with intermittent bloody urine and mild chronic kidney disease. He needs to be neutered and his kidney disease monitored with a local veterinarian. He also suffers from allergies.
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Scraggles

Scraggles is on the emergency placement 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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Frappe

Frappe has been in our care since June. She has had hardly any adoption interest. She is in need of emergency placement for behavior reasons. Frappe is highly stressed in kennel and has hurt herself to the point of requiring stitches on her paw pad. Frappe resource guards' her food and toys. She has warmed up with staff and will readily trade for items of an equal or higher value. Medically, she has a history of heart murmur which has not been auscultated in recent vet visits. She has history of recurrent dermatitis- controlled with apoquel and weight loss like due to stress.
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Prometheus

Prometheus is seeking emergency placement due to behavior concerns. He was reported by prior owners to have lunged and bit both the trainer and the prior owner on the hand. The bite to the owner broke the skin. Prometheus has displayed a high degree of stress in the care center, standing on the bars of his kennel while panting heavily. He is unable to settle when outside of the kennel, pacing, panting, and displaying a low threshold for arousal. Medically, Prometheus is healthy.
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Cora

Cora is in need of emergency placement for behavior reasons. Cora has begun to leash bite in the care center. On one occasion, while in an aroused state, she tipped into aggression and nipped a staff member in the stomach in response to pet corrector. The bite left bruising. She is very food motivated although she can take treats with a hard mouth. Medically she is underweight and has dermatitis.
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Beatbox

Beatbox is seeking emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Beatbox in care is highly stressed in the kennel, vocalizing, and panting incessantly despite best efforts to keep him comfortable. Beatbox in care leash bites intensely when attempting to remove him from the kennel, pulling the handlers leash persistently. Beatbox ignores any treats in attempts to refocus him and has attempted to redirect towards a the handlers knee. Medically, Beatbox has been diagnosed with CIRDC.
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Menny Midnight

Menny Midnight is seeking emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Menny Midnight is highly stressed in kennel, hypersalivating, panting with a wide, strained expression and a tense body. He is vocalizing excessively, whining, and howling. He does not take treats and paces the front of the kennel rapidly. Menny Midnight has also begun to chew on her kennel walls. Medically, Menny Midnight is healthy.
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Ajax

Ajax is seeking emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Ajax is highly fearful and has allowed limited handling. He was observed to hard bark, lunge, and snap when staff attempted to interact with him. Medically, Ajax has canine infectious respiratory disease complex, collapsing trachea, and is obese.
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Moonpie

Moonpie is seeking emergency placement due to behavioral concerns. While Moonpie initially presented as highly fearful and defensive in her kennel, she has warmed up with familiar handlers and caretakers. She engages in play with toys and accepts treats. Due to her length of stay, Moonpie is beginning to deteriorate despite best efforts to keep her comfortable. She is displaying high levels of kennel reactivity which is stressing her to the point of her nose bleeding. Medically, Moonpie has been diagnosed with CIRDC and epistaxis.
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Rey

Rey is seeking emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Rey in care has been intensely leash biting and biting onto anything that is placed near her. Rey is also panting incessantly in the kennel and vocalizing. Medically, Rey is healthy.
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Pickle Butter

Pickle Butter is seeking emergency placement due to behavior Concerns. Pickle Butter in care has been kennel fighting intensely when coming out of the kennel, and leash bites coming out of the kennel room, and mouths handler clothes and treat pouches. Pickle Butter is social with staff and engages with treats. Medically, Pickle Butter is underweight.
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