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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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 apparently healthy.
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Bruce
Bruce is in need of emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Bruce displays high levels of fear in the Care Center, resulting in limited handling ability. He often exhibits hard staring and freezing behavior. When it's time to return him to his kennel, Bruce becomes stiff and resistant, requiring staff members to maneuver around him to encourage him to enter, making him challenging to manage. Medically, Bruce is healthy.
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Tony
Tony needs emergency placement due to behavioral concerns. Tony is struggling with the stress of his environment and was noticed resisting returning to his kennel. Reports indicate he exhibited pancaking behavior, pulling away or flipping his head, which nearly caused the slip lead to loosen once. However, outdoors, Tony is sociable with staff and actively participates in cue training. Medically, Tony is underweight and has dermatitis.
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Houdini
Houdini needs emergency placement due to behavioral concerns. While Houdini has been highly social with staff and caretakers, he is beginning to deteriorate behaviorally as his length of stay increases. He enjoys treats, petting, and engaging in puzzle/enrichment toys. Houdini is becoming difficult to remove from his kennel due to leash biting, resulting in him grabbing a staff member's hand in the process. When out on walks, Houdini has become reactive and can be difficult to refocus at times. While in his kennel, Houdini licks the kennel bars. Medically, Houdini is receiving treatment for ongoing CIRDC symtoms.
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Mercari
Mercari needs emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Mercari is highly fearful and has escalated to thrashing and snapping at staff. She does not take treats but she is aloof on her walks. Medically, Mercari is underweight.
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Onyx
Onyx 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. Although he may engage with staff in the beginning, Onyx has been observed to show signs of boredom or frustration in the shelter and also becomes easily overstimulated and may escalate to swatting. 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. She 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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Spur
Spur is in need o f emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Spur has been observed engaging in leash biting behavior, often getting close to staff hands, and proving difficult to redirect at times. However, when off-leash, he is receptive to pets and responds well to the cue to sit. Medically, Spur is reported to be dehydrated and have a hematochezia
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Zuna
Zuna is in need of emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Zena has been observed yelling and screeching in her kennel when staff are in the hallways. Upon approach, she begins to pant and bark. However, outside her kennel, Zena is sociable with certain staff members and permits pets. When encountering new individuals, she exhibits nervousness and whipped her head when touched during the handling portion of her assessment. Medically, Zuna is overweight and was reported to be vomiting.
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Goose
Goose is in need of emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Goose is highly social, but during interactions, he exhibits social arousal and can quickly become mouthy, often grabbing onto staff treat pouches while jumping on them. Additionally, when he sees other dogs, he has been observed lunging at the fence. Despite these behaviors, Goose enjoys social interactions and willingly takes treats from staff. Medically, Goose is apparently healthy.
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Teddy
Teddy is in need of emergency placement due to behavioral concerns. Teddy has been highly social with staff and caretakers but as his length of stay increases, Teddy is beginning to deteriorate. He is reactive to other dogs while in his kennel and is now starting to kennel fight as he passes other dogs on his way out of the room. Medically, Teddy has dental disease.
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Solo
Solo is in need of emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Solo exhibits high levels of fearfulness within the Care Centers and has only permitted limited handling from specific staff members. He has been observed freezing, tucking his tail, and occasionally refusing to walk. However, with familiar handlers, Solo has shown signs of improvement, including accepting treats and displaying some social behaviors. Medically, Solo is apparently healthy.
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Roscoe
Roscoe is in need of emergency placement due to behavioral concerns. Roscoe has not acclimated well to the shelter environment, remaining mostly uncomfortable with interaction with staff. On walks, he stiffens, fixates, and pulls towards other dogs and can not be refocused with treats or toys. Medically, Roscoe is apparently healthy.
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Fluff Mellow
Fluff Mellow 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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Sprinkles

Sprinkles 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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Liyla
Liyla 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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Fidel
Fidel 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. Although Fidel isn't thrilled with hands-on interactions, she loves to be spoken to and to play with toys.
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Jinx
Jinx is on the emergency placement list due to behavior. Although Jinx displays curious and social behaviors in the shelter, she has the potential to become triggered by environmental stressors, resulting in bite/scratch incidents, and she has a very high energy level. Due to the severity of her bite/scratch history with the previous owner and resident cats, the behavior team believes it is in her best interest to move out of the kennel environment and into a stable home as quickly as possible. Jinx would do best in an adult-only home with no other cats. She would do well with adopters who are willing to give her plenty of time and space to adjust and adopters who have experience with understanding feline body language and helping a fearful cat adjust to strangers.
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Lilly
Lilly is in need of emergency placement for medical and behavior reasons. Lilly has multiple masses that continue to grow. She needs further workup/mass removal with a specialist, and we are unable to provide that at our facility. Behaviorally, Lilly is a sweet and tolerant girl. She is reactive to visual stimuli passing her kennel. She is biting her lips causing them to bleed and jumping continuously putting her at risk to hurt herself.
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Sasha
Sasha is seeking emergency placement for medical reason. She had a mammary gland tumor and severe dental disease. She needs treatment that we cannot provide. Behaviorally, she has high level of fear and anxiety.
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Canelo
Canelo is on the emergency placement list for medical reasons. He has long standing, debilitating skin issues that have caused infection and pain of his body and feet. He is also anemic. He needs care and support that we cannot provide.
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Ace
Ace is in need of emergency placement due to behavior concerns. Ace has a multiple bite history. Behaviorally, he has not been allowing handling while in care. He has been lip-curling, hard barking, and snarling while in the kennel. Medically, Ace is healthy.
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Shepard
Shepard is in need of emergency placement due to behavioral concerns. Shepard has not acclimated well to the shelter environment and remains highly fearful. She has escalated to growling and snapping at staff and will thrash when leashed. Medically, Shephard is apparently healthy.
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Amalia
Amalia is seeking emergency placement for medical reasons. She has a severe URI and a large amount of gas distension in her intestines. She also has a small granuloma on her hard palate. She would benefit from hospitalization and intensive care to help her recover.
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