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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Paprika
Paprika is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns noted by her previous home. Paprika was noted to quickly escalate toward people that were unfamiliar to her, lunging at them and constantly hard barking at them. Paprika also growl at unfamiliar people, and mouthing one time on there head when attempting to sit next to Paprika. Paprika does display some dog reactivity in the care center, but is social with staff. Medically, Paprika is apparently healthy.
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Mario
Mario 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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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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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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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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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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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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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 her prior home, Tiny has a bite history toward another unfamiliar dog when Tiny escaped her yard. The other dog did not need medical care. Medically, Tiny has recently recovered from CIRDC and is 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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Zephyr
Zephyr is at risk for behavior reasons. Zephyr was initially highly fearful in care. It took her about a week to warm up to staff. She has improved greatly with familiar persons, however, needs slow, careful introductions to unfamiliar people. She is food motivated and has done well on gate greets. Medically, she had benign mammary tumors removed during spay. She currently has no medical concerns
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Telly
Telly is on the at-risk list due to behavior and medical. 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. Medically, Telly is on a 6 month quarantine due to a reported encounter with a racoon in her previous home. Telly will need to complete her 6 month quarantine period in a secure area.
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Ezra
Ezra is on the At Risk list due to behavior. He is not thriving in the care center and continues to display challenging behavior during interactions. 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 his mind and body, the cat may react with rough play, that has resulted in bite/scratch incidents that broke skin. 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 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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Kobi
Kobi is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Kobi in the care center has not been acclimating well to the care center environment. Kobi in the care center has began to leash bite intensely when trying to be leashed in kennel, and leash bites when aroused during interactions making it difficult to handle him safely. Kobi is social with staff, but struggling to acclimate. Medically, Kobi is apparently healthy.
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Portabella
Portabella needs at risk placement for medical reasons. She is a mature dog with pneumonia and needs supportive care in a veterinary clinic to recover. Behaviorally, Portabella warms up to a slow approach and allows handling.
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Patches
Patches is at risk due to behavioral reasons. During her stay in the care center she has been observed to be highly rope reactive. Noted to jump up and intensely bite the leash. This behavior is unable to be redirected with treats or toys. With select handlers Patches is receptive to treats and is able to be redirected from leash biting. Patches has also been observed to become over aroused quickly and jump up on the handler, attempting to bite the leash that they are wearing. Medically Patches has a GI foreign body.
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Scrappy
Scrappy is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Scrappy initially presented as fearful with a tense trembling body, tucked tail, and whale eye. Scrappy was observed to baulk on leash, when a handler attempted to use a sling Scrappy began to turn while growling and snapping towards the handler using the sling. Throughout his stay Scrappy has begun to warm up to handlers, and has been observed to have a low threshold for arousal. During his assessment when the handler initiated contact Scrappy began bucking, head whipping, with wide eyes while peristantly lip licking all while vocalizing. Medically Scrappy is apparently healthy.
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Grasshopper
Grasshopper is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Grasshopper has been observed to be on leash reactive. Noted to lunge at a person jogging by and chase pigeons. After reacting to a pigeon Grasshopper is observed to spin towards the handler. One occasion attempting to grab a handlers calf. Grasshopper was also observed to attempt to bite a handler while in the yard. Due to her baggy pants Grasshopper was only able to bite and hold into the handlers pants. In the kennel room Grasshopper is observed to pull towards the other dogs. Grasshopper has also been observed to quickly become arousal while with handlers. Observed to jump up high and mouth handlers. With handlers Grasshopper is receptive to treats. Medically Grasshopper is apparently healthy.
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Beemo
Beemo 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 slightly warmed up to staff using high-valued treats to build a positive association; however, he is sensitive and nervous when petted. 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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Harley
Harley is on the At Risk list due to behavior. He is an under socialized adult cat, 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/decompress, and who have experience with helping a fearful/under socialized adult cat adjust to strangers. Medically, due to have bite wounds of unknown origin when Harley arrvied, he is on a six month observation quarantine.
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Parma Jawn
Parma Jawn is at risk due to behavior concerns. During her stay at the care centers she has displayed fearfulness and a low threshold for arousal. She has been noted to have a tense body, tucked tail, and whale eyes during her exam and was unable to complete a handling assessment due to arousal. Parma Jawn has been observed to slowly warm up to handlers, but will also become over aroused with the handler. Parma Jawn has been reported to escalate to jumping up on handler intensely, will intensely leash bite, and thrash. Medically, she is healthy.
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Nyla Girl
Nyla Girl is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Nyla has observed to be highly rope reactive during her stay in the care center. Noted to jump up and bite the leash at a high intensity. This behavior is not able to be redirected easily using toys, squeakers or treats. During one occasion Nyla girl was only able to be redirected once the handler gave her the squeaker. Once Nyla got the squeaker she began fixated on it and refused to move. The handler had to muscle her away from the squeaker. Medically, Nyla is apparently healthy.
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Beetle
Beetle 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. Medically Beetle has large superficial wounds that he is being treated for.
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