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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Roxy
Roxy is at risk due to behavioral concerns. Although her history is limited, Roxy unfortunately escalated to biting her previous owner's partner during an argument. She initially began barking before escalating to lunging and biting the partner. The bites did draw blood and resulted in 2 punctures to the back of the knee. Roxy was reclaimed but was returned quickly due to concern of her behavior. In care, Roxy has shown leash biting behavior and as attempted to bite a handler hand during leashing. Besides this Roxy has show some interest in treats and toys. Medically, Roxy is apparently healthy.
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Taylor
Taylor is on the At Risk list due to behavior. He is a likely under-socialized adult cat and 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 under-socialized/spirit cat adjust to strangers.
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Mints
Mints is on the At Risk list due to behavior. She is a likely under-socialized adult cat and 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 under-socialized/spirit cat adjust to strangers.
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Shawna
Shawna is on the at-risk list due to behavior. She is not thriving in the care center and is deteriorating in the Adoptions room. She is now displaying signs of frustration 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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Hubble
Hubble is on the At Risk list for medical reasons. He has episodes in which he has difficulty breathing. They may be exacerbated by stress, heat and humidity. These are not a "reverse sneezing" events. Preliminary tests suggest a narrowed trachea, but more diagnostic tests, like a bronchoscopy study of his upper airway, need to be done. Behaviorally, Hubble has been slightly fearful while in care - but warms up with a slow approach.
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Oreo The Goat
Oreo The Goat 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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Gecko
Gecko 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.
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Obie
Obie 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. Medically Obie has dental disease with minor staining.
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Bubbles
Bubbles 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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Marcelline
Marcelline 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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Bella Brown
Bella Brown is currently at risk due to behavior reasons. Bella Brown is reported by her previous owner to be highly reactive to dogs, cats and other small animals. She will lunge, bark and pull hard towards them. In one instance, she bit the owners hand as they attempted to redirect her as she was reacting. This bite did not break skin. This behavior has been observed at the care center as well. Upon intake, she was reacting towards another dog in the hall, then lunged towards a cat in a kennel. The handler pulled her away and she whipped her head around towards handlers leg. She did not make contact. The previous owners favorite things about Bella Brown is how cuddly and sweet she is. At the care center she has been very social with handlers, seeking and allowing petting. Medically, Bella Brown is healthy.
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Sherman
Sherman arrived at MACC as a stray with a limited history. During a previous stay Sherman arrived with a bite history to his owner's partner. During his current stay at the care center Sherman has been observed to be fearful. Noted to be hesitant to leave kennel and will walk with a low body. With a slow approach, he has warmed up to select handlers, but has now started displaying deteriorating behavior. He has been observed to lick, bite, and chew his kennel walls. Medically, he apparently has otitis externa.
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Marge
Marge arrived at MACC as a stray with no known history. During her stay at the care center, Marge displayed significant fearfulness. In her kennel, she would initially retreat to the back when approached by handlers and escalate to charging the front when they attempted to leash her. During her assessment, she exhibited stress signals such as panting and lip licking during contact. Marge has displayed a brief episode of kennel fighting and has growled at other dogs during introductions; however, on most days, she tends to ignore them. Over time, with a very gradual and patient approach, Marge began to warm up to select handlers, eventually allowing handling and petting. She has since become slightly easier to remove from her kennel. Medically, she is apparently healthy.
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Major Sylvester
Major Sylvester is At risk due to behavior concerns in care that resulted in a bite towards a staff memebr. . While he is highly food motivated, social with handlers, and generally easy to leash and return, he exhibits kennel fighting and escalates to redirecting onto a staff member during a kennel fight, resulting in a bite with one puncture. Despite this, he has also displayed calm, affiliative behavior outside the kennel, participating in enrichment sessions and "find it" games with handlers. Medically, Major Sylvester is apparently healthy.
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Lola
Lola is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Lola has been observed to be dog reactive during her stay in the care center. When further into the kennel room Lola was observed to cage fight intensely with the neighboring dogs. Hard barking and lunging towards them and coming close to the handlers legs. Due to this behavior Lola was relocated to the front kennel in the room. Lola's previous owner also stated that she will hard bark and lunge towards dogs. In kennel, Lola has been observed to be barking constantly towards people and dogs that are passing by her kennel. She has also been observed to be heavily panting and vocalizing with her face pressed against the kennel door. Medically Lola is apparently healthy.
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Jamil
Jamil is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Jamil has been observed to be dog reactive and have a low threshold for arousal. Jamil has been observed to vocalize and pull towards dogs with a tense body. This behavior is not able to be redirected easily using treats or squeakie sounds. Jamil has also been observed to mount handlers. One event when a handler straight armed Jamil in an attempt to get him off. Jamil jumped towards their face with an open mouth and bared teeth. Medically Jamil is apparently healthy.
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Mable
Mable is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Mable has been observed to be dog reactive during her stay in the care center. In the kennel room Mable has been observed to hard bark, vocalize, and push off the wall while reacting to the other dogs in the kennel room. After reacting to the dogs Mable has been observed to spin towards the handler and snap at them. Mable has also been observed to have a low threshold for arousal. Mable has been observed to jump up and mouth handlers with hard pressure. Medically Mable is apparently healthy.
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Reginald

Reginald is currently at risk due to behavior concerns. He has been fearful and uncomfortable at the care center. He will avoid handlers, backing away from leashing and collaring and showing teeth at times. He has engaged in some training games with staff but mostly remains aloof. Medically, Reginald is apparently healthy.
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Coco Puffs
Coco Puff is at risk due to behavioral concerns. His high level of fearfulness and not being able to adjust to the care center environment. Though he can be leashed with ease, he displays anxiety, including cowering, pacing, and occasional thrashing on leash. While outside of his kennel, Coco Puffs is starting to seek more comfort from familiar handlers and has been improving in the care center readily approaching staff and interacting on his own volition, leaning into petting. Medically, Coco Puffs has dermatitis.
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Danny Boy
Danny Boy is at-risk due to behavior concerns. Danny Boy has also demonstrated overstimulation and poor impulse control issues, often becoming overstimulated and engaging in intense mouthing, jumping, leash biting, and nipping, which has resulted in a handler getting tooth scrape bites. He also grabs at handlers' clothing, legs, and treat pouches, requiring intervention from multiple staff members for redirection. Despite these challenges, Danny Boy is highly social and engages positively with enrichment activities. Medically, Danny Boy has dermatitis.
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Morticia
Morticia is at risk due to her high level of fearfulness and difficulty adjusting well to the care center environment. Morticia initially avoided and was hesitant to be leashed, she has begun to approach handlers with a low, wagging tail and a soft demeanor. Morticia is socially affiliative once comfortable, soliciting petting and rolling over for belly rubs. However, she remains sensitive to leash handling and can thrash, pancake, or alligator roll when overwhelmed. Medically, Morticia has CIRDC.
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E.T
ET is at risk due to behavioral reasons. ET has been observed to snap at handlers when they are attempting to leash him. Making contact multiple times but not breaking skin. ET has also been observed to jump up, bite, and tug the leash into kennel. While exiting the kennel room ET has been observed to pull towards the other dogs while vocalizing. While on leash ET has been observed to hard bark and lunge towards other dogs. Medically ET has dermatitis.
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Papaya
Papaya is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Papaya has been observed to be kennel reactive and rope reactive during his stay in the care center. Papaya will intensely cage fight with the neighboring dogs, at times escalating to spinning towards the handler and beginning leash biting. Papaya has also been observed to jump up and bite the leash while on walks. While with the handler Papaya is receptive to treats. Medically Papaya is apparently healthy. Transport Recommendation: Only dog on transport (crate)/ built in kennel CD
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Willow
Willow is at risk due to behavior concerns. Willow is not adjusting well to the care center environment. Willow has displayed fearful behavior. She often pancakes, needs to be lifted or coaxed to move, and startles easily. While she has begun to show brief moments of social engagement—gently taking treats and leaning in for petting—she remains highly shut down and overwhelmed. Medically, Willow has a wound on her neck that is healing.
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Kimya
Kimya is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Kimya has begun to behaviorally deteriorate despite best efforts to keep her comfortable. Kimya has began to leash bite on walks and refuse to walk when coming back to the care center, having staff to refocus her and coax her back to her kennel. Kimya is social with staff, bit is struggling to acclimate. Medically, Kimya has Hip dysplasia.
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