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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Josie
Josie needs emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Josie in care has been stressed in the kennel, barking incessantly and even to the point of losing her voice from barking so much inside of her crate. Josie is also observed to have a wide, open-mouthed pant and a strained expression. Josie is a social, affectionate dog with staff. Medically, Josie has Mild PDDZ.
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Missy
Missy is on the emergency placement list due to her 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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Dutchess
Dutchess needs emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Dutchess is sociable with staff and actively participates in enrichment games. Despite our diligent efforts to ensure her comfort, Dutchess was noticed licking her kennel bars. In her previous home, Dutchess displayed severe resource guarding by biting, holding, and shaking a smaller resident dog over food. The owner mentioned that Dutchess is lively and playful in her presence. Medically, Dutchess has an umbilical hernia.
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Gracie
Gracie needs emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Gracie enjoys socializing with staff and eagerly participates in enrichment and pattern games outside. However, despite our utmost efforts, she struggles with the stress of the Care Center environment. Gracie has been observed grabbing and biting the leash. Although she briefly redirects her attention with treats, she quickly returns to biting the leash. Gracie was initially uncomfortable with touch, head flipping multiple ties but she warmed up to select staff. Medically, Gracie is underweight.
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Sheldon
Sheldon 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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Hope
Hope needs emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Hope in the kennel has been highly stressed, pacing back and forth and beginning to bite and lick at her kennel bars. Hope in the care center has been a fearful dog who is slowly warming up to select staff members. Medically, Hope is healthy.
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Sadie
Sadie needs emergency placement due to behavioral concerns. Sadie is beginning to kennel fight when removed from her kennel, lunging at the top kennels as she is walked out of the room. Once outside, Sadie remains aroused, jumping up and grabbing onto a staff member's jacket and treat pouch. Attempts are made to redirect her but it takes some time for her to settle and focus. Medically, Sadie is medically healthy.
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Canela
Canela needs emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Canela has not acclimated well to the shelter environment despite best efforts to keep her comfortable and when being brought out for walks, does not want to come out of her kennel. When she is finally coaxed and brought out she walks on the street avoiding some interaction from staff and when going back to her kennel, will begin thrashing intensely, trying to escape the leash. Medically, Canela is overweight.
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Spoony
Spoony needs emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Spoony in care has been aloof with handlers and has escalated to hard barking and snarling with full teeth display when being returned to the kennel, as well as snapping at staff. Spoony outside with staff is aloof but affectionate with select handlers. Medically, Spoony is overweight but healthy.
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Sheba
Sheba needs emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Sheba was brought back to the Care Centers recently following a scuffle with another dog, fortunately without any injuries. However, in the Care Centers, she exhibits high levels of anxiety and fearful behaviors. She reacted by jumping on the pen fence and hard barking at a staff member who approached. Despite this, she does respond to treats and understands the cue sit. Medically, Sheba is healthy.
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Armstrong
Armstrong is seeking emergency placement due to medical reasons. He has developed a severe URI that has led to anorexia and severe weight loss. His appetite is responding well to supportive care, but he will require continued antibiotic therapy and supportive care as well as supplemental feeding to help him gain weight. He also has a history of cardiac arrhythmia and murmur, but these signs have only been noted intermittently in the shelter. A proBNP performed on 4/5 was within normal limits. Behaviorally, Armstrong was initially shy but has opened up very well and will headbutt, purr, and try to climb on handlers' shoulders during the examination.
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Jean
Jean needs emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Before entering care, Jean bit and held onto a cat, resulting in the cat's death. She has been fearful of care center staff, hard barking, lunging, and attempting to bite care center staff while on a leash and tolerating minimal contact. She also tensed and gripped a toy, growling, during the handling assessment. Medically, she has mild CIRDC, diarrhea, happy tail, and is underweight.
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Chili
Chili needs emergency placement due to behavior concerns. He has shown the potential to warm to select handlers but escalates to barking, lunging, and snarling at unfamiliar handlers. Medically, he is underweight and has dental disease and otitis externa.
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Nova
Nova needs emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Nova's behavior in the care centers has been inconsistent. While she permits some handling, such as receiving pets on her head, she has also escalated to snapping or mouthing when feeling uncomfortable making it difficult to know if she will allow handing around her body. She leans into head scratches with select staff. Medically, Nova has dental disease, lameness on her right front, is underweight and arrived with a severe wound on her left front leg.
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Besona
Besona needs emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Besona in care has been deteriorating and kennel fighting intensely with other dogs when entering and exiting kennel rooms, and redirecting onto staff members in the process. Medically, Besona has been diagnosed with CIRDC.
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Little
Little needs emergency placement due to behavior and medical concerns. Little has a low arousal threshold, which was seen during intake. Little was displaying mounting behavior and in a recent incident, he attempted to bite the leash, resulting bite on a staff member's arm that did not break skin. However, he does permit some handling when he is in a calm state. Medically, Little has pneumonia and is not eating. He needs hospitalization for intravenous antibiotics and fluids.
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Shea
Shea needs emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Shea in care has been deteriorating despite best efforts to keep him comfortable. Shea has begun leash biting intensely and it is difficult to refocus, as well as intensely kennel fighting when exiting and entering kennel rooms. Medically, Shea is diagnosed with CIRDC.
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Gopher
Gopher needs emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Gopher in care has been deteriorating despite best efforts to keep him comfortable. Gopher has begun leash biting in the kennel and is hard to refocus with treats, making it difficult to remove him from his kennel due to safety concerns. Medically, Gopher is diagnosed with CIRDC.
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Jules
Jules is on the emergency placement list due to his 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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Sammy
Sammy is on the emergency placement list due to his 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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Ginny
Ginny needs emergency placement for behavioral reasons. She has been in our care for six months due to arriving to us with wounds of an unknown origin. This long stay has led to deterioration and becomes easily over-aroused during interactions. She has caused injury by jumping up to a staff member's face, puncturing her with her tooth. Staff have managed her jumpy behavior by scatter-feeding her out in the yard to keep her head down. She LOVES food and is treat-motivated. Medically, she has a history of dermatitis but has done well on a hydrolyzed diet.
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Zia
Zia needs emergency placement due to behavior concerns. She has not acclimated well to the care center despite attempts to make her comfortable. Zia has been highly fearful, baring teeth, snarling, growling, and lunging at care center staff. She has escalated to biting a staff member though the bite did not break skin. She was reported to be social and friendly with strangers by the finder. Medically, Zia has CIRDC, pyoderma, alopecia, and suspect allergies.
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Kermit
Kermit needs emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Outside of the Care Centers, Kermit is a sociable dog who greatly enjoys treats. Nonetheless, he is struggling with the stress of the current environment. There have been instances where he snapped and grabbed a staff slip lead, and he accidentally bit a staff member, although no skin was broken. Medically, Kermit is healthy.
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S'Getti
S'Getti needs emergency placement for medical reasons. He has pneumonia and is not eating. He needs supportive care in a clinic setting to fight the infection.
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Willow
Willow 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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