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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Famous
Famous is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Famous has shown high arousal and reactivity in the care center, including intense dog reactivity when leaving his kennel and on walks, uncontrollable zoomies, and repeatedly jumping onto staff. He has attempted to redirect during reactive moments, whipping around and nipping at handlers’ clothing. In sessions he displays dilated pupils, heavy panting, difficulty settling, and engages in mounting, jumping, and mouthing staff with moderate to hard pressure. Medically, Famous is being monitored for a scrotal hematoma currently but is otherwise healthy.
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Misty
Misty 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 Misty is apparently healthy.
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Choco
Choco is on the At Risk list due to behavior. He is not thriving in the care center and is deteriorating in the Adoptions room. He is now displaying signs of fear aggression such as lunging, hissing, and swatting. Choco's previous owner reports he is active and playful, affectionate and friendly in a home environment. 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 and who have experience with helping a fearful cat adjust to strangers. Choco has started treatment for a moderate URI, but is difficult to manage due to behavior.
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Spike
Spike is at risk due to behavioral concerns. Spike came to our Care center as a stray. He has been observed to be highly anxious, vocalizing persistently and pacing. During his stay with us Spike vocalizes loudly when seeing another dog, he fixates with a tense body and forward posture. He is not easily redirected. Spike continuously pulls hard when walking in the care center and on the street. He leash bites when handlers attempt to leash and grabbed handler's hand and releases quickly, no broken skin. It has been reported he has kennel reactivity when exiting/ entering his kennel. Spike enjoys enrichment and tolerates handlers scratching him. Medically, Spike is apparently healthy.
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Duke Of York
Duke of York 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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Peggle
Peggle is at risk due to behavioral reasons. During his stay in the care center Peggle has been obsvered to be highly dog reactive. During one instance when being removed from kennel Peggle redirected onto the handler and bit them on the hand. This bite was a bite and hold that left a puncture wound and bruising. Peggle continues to show reactive behaviors such as becoming tense, staring and pulling towards other dogs. Medically, Peggle is slightly underweight but otherwise healthy.
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Christmas
Christmas is at risk due to behavioral reasons. Currently in care Christmas has been observed to become mouthy with handlers hands when they attempt to clip his leash. During his previous stay in 2023, Christmas displayed this behavior and escalated to snapping and lunging towards handlers while on leash. Christmas also has a multiple bite history in his previous home. One bite was for resource guarding over his food bowl and one from touch sensitivity when his neck was being touched by owner. In care, Christmas is reportedly to be an easy walker outside and displaying neutral body language towards dogs and and people. Medically, Christmas is overweight.
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Nina
Nina is at risk due to behavioral reasons. She was recently in foster and returned to the care center due to her behavior. Nina became over aroused while on a walk and began jumping up, mouthing, and tugging on her handlers sleeve. This resulted in a wound on their arm that bled. During her stay in the care center Nina continues to have a low threshold for arousal. She has been seen becoming hyperaroused and not easily redirected. Meddically, Nina is currently healthy.
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Bubbles
Bubbles is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. She has been intensely fearful in the care center, becoming conflicted and tense during interactions, with a tucked tail, lip licking, whale eye, and muzzle puckering when attempted to be touched. During handling, she stiffens, head-whips, and shows increased tension with more exuberant contact. She remains highly stressed in the care center following with a tucked tail and whale eyes, and huffing with tense posture when startled by knocks. When a toy is introduced, she escalates to growling, snapping, and biting toward the dummy hand before it makes contact. Medically, she is apparently healthy.
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Oats

Oats is at risk due to behavioral reasons. During his stay in the care center he has been obsvered to have a low threshold for arousal. Noted to head whip back and forth with an open mouth upon contact and will jump up to bite the leash. Oats has also been noted to be dog reactive. Observed to pull hard towards other dogs with a tense body, and rear up on his hind legs. While out with handlers he is obsvered to be social and receptive to treats. Medically Oats is apparently healthy.
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Remy
Remy 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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Zizi
Zizi 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, he appears healthy.
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Titan
Titan is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Titan has shown increased kennel reactivity, including hard barking, lunging at the glass, and displaying teeth when approached and is deteriorating in the care center. Although he can become loose and wiggly once coaxed for leashing, he remains aloof and tense on walks, showing whale eye and pulling strongly. Medically, Titan is overweight but otherwise healthy.
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Tiny

Tiny is at risk due to behavior concerns. Tiny has shown signs of kennel deterioration as well as kennel fighting while trying to remove her from kennel. In kennel Tiny will jump up on her door and bark rapidly when she sees other dogs or people pass her kennel. These behaviors have persisted, despite our best efforts to try and keep her comfortable. Medically, Tiny is apparently healthy.
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Emmy
Emmy 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. Her owner describes her as aloof, independent and quiet cat. 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 Emmy is overweight, but otherwise healthy.
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Barklee
Barklee is at risk due to behavioral reasons. During his stay in the care center Barklee has been obsvered to be highly fearful noted to quickly escalate to thrashing and pancaking while on leash. While with handlers Barklee remains tense and he is not receptive to treats. Medically, Barklee is apparently healthy. We do have Barklee under observation for potential exposure to parvovirius but at this time Barklee is non-symptomatic.
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Baklava
Baklava is at risk for behavioral concerns. Baklava arrived at the Care Center as a stray with no known history. Upon his intake, Baklava was noted to be social and wiggly bodied with staff. Despite efforts to keep him comfortable, Baklava has been showing a decreasing threshold for arousal. Baklava has been reported to be leash biting and alligator roll with escalating intensity. At times, this is manageable with toys and treats, but he is not consistently able to be redirected. Additionally Baklava has been noted to attempt to mount handlers. With staff, Baklava continues to be social and treat motivated. Medically Baklava is apparently healthy.
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Buck
Buck is at risk for behavioral reasons. Buck came to our care center as a stray. During his time in our care, he has displayed fearfulness being tense bodied on walks with his tail tucked, and fixating on objects or people. He has also displayed reactivity, fixating on dogs and pigeons without being easily redirected. While reacting towards a dog in kennel, Buck lunged forward towards the dog almost making contact with handlers leg. Buck has been difficult to remove/ return to kennel, as his head is in the corner of the kennel barking towards the neighboring dog. He will baulk upon returning to kennel. He approaches handlers with loose and wiggly body, leans into pets and jumps on handlers/counters. In kennel, Buck is obsvered to be pacing at the back of the kennel and hard barking persistently. It is also noted that Buck will lick the kennel bars. Medically, Buck has dermatitis - unspecified.
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Chrysanthemum
Chrysanthemum is at risk due to behavioral concerns in the care center. She has repeatedly lunged, growled, and bared her teeth at handlers passing by, and recently began guarding toys and food, snarling and lunging during routine feeding. Her kennel behavior has intensified to the point that handlers have been unable to safely leash her for walks. Although she can be social and affectionate once outside.Medically Chrysanthemum has Dental Disease and Otitis Externa.
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Falsetto
Falsetto is at risk due to behavioral reasons. He was recently returned to the care center due to behavior concerns. His previous owner noted that Falsetto was mouthy, may snap when restrained, and often stares at other dogs. They also stated that Falsetto would guard random items and would escalate to snapping, growling, and attempting to bite. While in care Falsetto is friendly, enjoys pets, and checks in often with his handlers. Medically, Falsetto has started treatment for CIRDC.
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Shelby
Shelby 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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Tiger Tails
Tiger Tails is on the at-risk list due to behavior. He is not thriving in the care center and is deteriorating in the Adoptions room. He is now displaying signs of frustration and overstimulation. 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 and who have experience with helping a fearful cat adjust to strangers.
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Twistyfig
Twistyfig is on the At Risk list due to behavior. He is not thriving in the care center and is deteriorating in the Adoptions room. He is now displaying signs of boredom and frustration. 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 and who have experience with helping a fearful cat adjust to strangers.
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Remy
Remy is on the at-risk list due to medical concerns. Remy is a friendly dog who was surrendered when his owners moved. Remy was stated to be 14 years old and presented underweight. Despite increasing his feedings, Remy has continued to lose weight in care. Recently, he has come down with CIRDC. Remy would benefit from a quiet environment where he can recover and be seen by a full service veterinary hospital for his weight loss.
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Arrow
Arrow is at risk due to behavioral concerns. Arrow has displayed a concerning level of reactivity towards other dogs, both on leash and during an attempt at a playgroup interaction with another dog. He screeches, lunges, barks, fixates, and intermittently leash bites or thrashes on the lead as a result. While Arrow has shown social behaviors with staff and handlers, he has redirected onto a staff member twice during a walk, but did not make contact. Medically, Arrow has dental disease and is being treated for CIRDC.
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