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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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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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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Roxy
Roxy is at risk for behavior reasons. She was in an altercation in her previous home over resources. Roxy incurred a bite to her head, then escalated to biting, holding and shaking. In care she was initially fearful but has warmed up nicely being sweet and social with staff and volunteers. Medically she has recently been vomiting but is otherwise healthy.
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Telly
Telly 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, Telly is a senior overweight cat looking for a relaxing place to spend the rest of her senior years.
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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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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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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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Heaven

Heaven 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 him/her plenty of time and space to adjust, and who have experience with helping a fearful cat adjust to strangers.
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Patsy
Patsy is on the at-risk list due to behavior. He is an under socialized older cat with touch sensitivity to his sides, and is not thriving in the care center and continues to display distance-increasing behavior when approached for interactions. He has made limited progress despite staff using treats to build a positive association. Due to his stress levels and behavior needs, 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 in working with under socialized adult cats.
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Marvelous
Marvelous is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Marvelous is not doing well in the care center environment and remains highly stressed in her kennel despite best efforts to keep her comfortable. Marvelous begins to paw slap, scale/rebound off her kennel walls and dig at her kennel door throughout the day. Medically, Marvelous is apparently healthy.
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Cookie
Cookie is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Cookie in the care center has not been acclimating well to the care center environment despite best efforts to keep him comfortable. Cookie struggles in kennel, pulling his water bowl in and on walks will remain fearful and pancake, at times needing to be helped/coaxed around the care center in order for him to walk. Cookie is social with staff, but remains fearful and refuses to walk at times. Medically, Cookie is apparently healthy.
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Benji
Benji is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Benji's previous owner states that he will hard bark and growl towards dogs, cats, and small animals. During his stay in the care center Benji has been observed to be highly kennel reactive. He has redirected onto handlers when exiting the room with no contact. He has been tense bodied on walks and not able to settle. Benji will become tense and hover over toys and food. Medically Benji has undetermined allergies, alopecia, CIRDC, otitis chronic and pyoderma.
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Opie
Opie is currently at risk due to behavior issues. Opie has been kennel fighting and leash biting at a high intensity. He will grab leashes in kennel, tugging them in, and once out will jump up towards handlers repeatedly, grabbing the leash and shaking it. He can not be easily redirected with treats. During his assessment, he was social with handlers, seeking attention and allowing petting. Medically, Opie has dental disease and dermatitis.
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Bewildered
Bewildered is currently at risk due to behavior reasons. Bewildered has been fearful at the care center, showing teeth when approached in kennel, avoiding the leash and flinching when touched. When handlers attempted to leash him during intake, he snapped at handler, making contact with their hand, not breaking skin. He has warmed up slightly, allowing leashing but still remains avoidant and flinchy. Medically, Bewildered in apparently healthy.
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Googles
Googles is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Googles is struggling to acclimate in the care center, and has been highly dog reactive on walks. Googles will fixate on other dogs, and will not stop fixating until staff block her line of sight. Googles is also struggling in the care center, paw slapping her kennel door incessantly and displaying hyperarousal jumping up and has attempted to mount staff. Medically, Googles is apparently healthy.
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Noodle
Noodles is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Noodles in the care center has been highly dog reactive on walks, hard barking, growling and lunging at other dogs on walks making it very default to refocus him once reacting and difficult to walk him safely in the care center. Noodles is social with staff, but struggling to acclimate to the care center environment. Medically, Noodles is healthy. Recommend basic at-home dental care.
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