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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Cardi

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Cardi is at risk due to medical and behavior concerns. She is a geriatric female with periodontal disease, mammary gland masses and a dermal mass. She was initially underweight but has been eating well and gaining weight in the shelter. Further diagnostics including chest radiographs to evaluate her mammary masses is recommended once placed to determine if surgery is appropriate. Behaviorally, Cardi has been seen deteriorating in care, causing self-harm when housed next to other dogs. She would become highly fixated on her transfer door, biting the wall causing injuries to herself. With movement we have been able to reduce this behavior but in the shelter environment this is possibly a long-term solution. She needs a comfortable low-stress environment to support her in her senior years.
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Xylos
Xylos is at risk due to behavioral concerns. Xylos arrived at the Care Center as a stray with no known history. Xylos was noted to be social and wiggly bodied for his intake medical exam. Xylos has been observed to have poor impulse control and mouthiness during his stay. While Xylos is food motivated, he has been observed to take treats with hard pressure from handlers. Xylos has been mouthy toward the hands of staff members when leashing or during interactions. In another instance, Xylos jumped toward a person on the sidewalk attempting to mouth them. Xylos continues to be social with staff, allowing all contact with a loose, wiggly body. Medically, Xylos is apparently healthy.
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Oreo
Oreo needs placement for medical reasons. She currently has a moderate upper respiratory infection and is not eating. Due to her stress when handled we are unable to provide more aggressive care. She needs more care than we can safely administer in shelter. She needs a quiet environment where she can recover from her URI and decompress.
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Megabron
Megabron is at risk due to behavioral concerns. During his stay at our care center, Megabron has refused to return to kennel with a tense body and lip licking. He pushes hard to flee back out of kennel. It has been observed Megabron pulls very hard towards other dogs with a tense body and hard stares at them without being easily redirected. During Megabron's assessment he grips a toy firm, engages with it, becomes tense and hovers over the toy when the assess-a-hand approaches. Staff reported that Megabron lunged and growled at someone on the street. Megabron is receptive to treats and allows petting from handlers. He enjoys various toys and engages with enrichment. Medically, Megabron has dental disease but is otherside healthy at this time.
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Rocky Baby
Rocky Baby is at risk due to behavior concerns. When he first arrived, he was initially fearful of staff, escalating to hard barking and growling. Over time, he warmed up and allowed staff to pet him while displaying a wiggly body. More recently, Rocky Baby has been inconsistent with his walks. At times, he refuses to leave the building or return to his kennel; on other days, he refuses to enter the building. These behaviors occur with select staff, making him difficult to walk at times. Medically, Rocky Baby is apparently healthy.
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Brooklyn
Brooklyn has been placed on the at-risk list due to ongoing behavioral concerns. She is not thriving in the care center environment and continues to exhibit distance-increasing behaviors. When staff enter the room, she begins hissing and persists until they exit. During direct interactions, she may hiss, swat, lunge, and spit. These behaviors have begun to cause stress among the other cats in the room. Given her elevated stress levels, it is in her best interest to transition from the kennel environment into a stable home setting. Brooklyn would do best with adopters who have experience helping fearful cats adjust and who are willing to provide her with the time and space she needs to feel secure. Medically, Brooklyn is overweight and has early-stage periodontitis but is otherwise in apparent good health.
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Herbie
Herbie is at risk due to behavioral concerns. Herbie came into our care center as a stray. During his stay in our care center, it has been observed that Herbie will bang his water bowl on his kennel door and throwing his body against the walls of his kennel while the room is active. Herbie is dog reactive becoming tense, growl and hard bark when seeing other dogs. It was also observed that Herbie will bark in his kennel when the room isn't active. Herbie is social with handlers on walks and takes treats. He enjoys playing with various toys. Medically, Herbie is currently healthy at this time.
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Ashanti
Ashanti is on the at risk list due to behavior concerns in her previous home and in care. Ashanti is reported to be highly reactive towards other dogs and cats in her previous home, lunging and growling towards them on walks and has displayed the same in care. Ashanti is also reported to have destructive tendencies in the home. Medically, Ashanti is obese but is otherwise healthy.
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Luna
Luna is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. In the care center, Luna has shown a high level of fearfulness and frequently refuses to walk and pulling back toward the building, requiring assistance from multiple staff. She has also displayed kennel-based stress behaviors, including slamming her kennel door and water bowls, jumping, hypersalivation, and soiling her kennel. Medically, Luna is apparently healthy.
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Leo
Leo is at risk due to behavioral concerns. Leo arrived at the Care Center as an owner surrender after a bite incident in the home. Leo had two bite incidents in the home, both bites broke skin and medical treatment was required. In care Leo has been observed to be highly reactive to dogs, observed to lunge, hard bark, and visually fixate. With staff Leo has been noted to be social and solicit contact. Medically, Leo is apparently healthy.
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Foxy
Foxy is at risk due to behavioral concerns. Foxy arrived at the Care Center as an owner surrender due to housing instability. Despite efforts to keep him comfortable, Foxy has remained highly fearful during his stay. During interactions Foxy has remained tense, with tucked tail, and lip curl at times when contact is made. Foxy's previous owner reports that he is friendly and playful with familiar people; additionally he knows basic commands like sit, paw, and lay down. Medically, Foxy is apparently healthy.
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Snuggles
Snuggles has been placed on the at-risk list for medical reasons. She has had bladder stones that most recently have caused partial blockage. She is recovering from a cystotomy and removal of the stones. She also has a prolapsed rectum that continues to be an issue despite efforts to reduce and keep it in normal positioning. She needs care and attention that we cannot provide.
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Kong
Kong is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns in his previous home and in care. Kong was reported to have bitten a person while being forced into a crate in a prior home; further details about injury severity are unknown. In the care center, Kong has shown arousal concerns during his behavior assessment as he immediately jumps and leash bites during handling and has difficulty recovering once aroused. He shows on-leash reactivity, including lunging at a runner and barking at other dogs and strangers. Medically, Kong is being treated for CIRDC but is otherwise healthy.
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Spot
Spot has been placed on the At Risk list for medical reasons. He has had a URI and has subsequently not been eating for many days. His level of FAS has made it challenging to give him his needed care. He needs a low stress environment and care that we cannot provide.
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Poquito

Poquito has been placed on the At Risk list for medical reasons. She has had a URI and has subsequently not been eating for many days. Her level of FAS has made it challenging to provide needed care. She needs a low stress environment and care that we cannot provide.
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Anu
Anu is on the At Risk list due to behavior. Although she has warmed up to staff members, Anu has a multiple bite/scratch history in both of her previous homes without an identifiable trigger. 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 feline body language, overstimulation, and adult cat socialization 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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Goose
Goose is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. In the care center, Goose shows refusal to return to kennel, pancaking, thrashing, and attempting to rush back out once placed inside. He also displays jumping and mounting of handlers during interaction and struggles with arousal regulation when attention stops. Medically, Goose is apparently healthy.
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Mike
Mike is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. In the care center, Mike has been deteriorating and showing high level of stress behaviors, including persistent barking and hypersalivation at the front of his kennel. While he can be social with handlers and on walks and enrichment, he struggles to acclimate despite best efforts to keep him comfortable. Mike did bite another dog on the ear, holding on, when the other dog had gotten loose and ran up to Mike. The bite resulted in one puncture. Medically, Mike is currently healthy.
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Money
Money is on the at-risk list due to behavior concerns. Money in the care center at times does not want to enter back into the care center, having to be handled by two staff members to help coax him back in. Money has also displayed on leash reactivity, lunging and hard barking at passing dogs becoming difficult to refocus at times due to his size. Money is highly social with staff but struggling to acclimate. Medically, Money is recovering from a perianal mass removal and is otherwise healthy.
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Scoob
Scoob is is at risk due to behavior concerns. Scoob is not acclimating well to the care center environment. He frequently escalates to intense leash biting, grabbing onto handlers clothing, at times requiring multiple handlers to manage safely. He is noted to rebound off his kennel walls and hard bark at handlers when they walk/take out neighboring dogs. Medically, Scoob is currently healthy.
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Copper
Copper is at risk due to behavior concerns. Cooper is not adjusting to the care center environment. Copper displays fear based behaviors during handling and transitions. He presents with a low, tense body, shaking, tail tucked, wall-hugging, and frequent freezing or balking. Copper often requires extensive coaxing or being carried to progress through hallways or elevators due to his shut down behavior. Medically, Copper is apparently healthy.
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Brownie
Brownie is at risk due to behavior concerns. Brownie is not acclimating well to the care center environment. Brownie is displaying fear-based behaviors. He avoids handlers and the leash, retreats to the back of his kennel, and shows clear signs of fear including a low body posture, tucked tail, trembling, growling, hard staring, and skin rippling when touched. Medically, Brownie is apparently healthy.
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Boogie Woogie
Boogie Woogie is at risk for behavioral concerns. Boogie Woogie arrived at the Care Center as a stray with no known history. Boogie Woogie was noted to be social during intake, allow all handling with loose body, and was treat receptive. Despite efforts to keep him comfortable, Boogie Woogie has shown signs of deterioration. Boogie Woogie has been observed to be consistently hyper-salivating in kennel, at times covering his kennel door with saliva. At time Boogie Woogie has also been observed to be pressing his face against the kennel door, spin in kennel biting his tail, and heavily panting. Boogie Woogie is also showing signs of decreasing threshold for arousal; in one instance he was reported to leash bite and repeatedly jump to mouth staff members. When not over threshold, Boogie Woogie remains social with staff. Medically, Boogie Woogie is apparently healthy.
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Beluga
Beluga is at risk due to behavioral concerns. Beluga arrived at the Care Center as a stray with no known history. Initially, Beluga was noted to be highly social with staff. He allowed all handling for his medical exam and handling assessment. Beluga was treat receptive and approached staff with a loose, wiggly body. Despite efforts to be keep him comfortable, Beluga has become difficult to handle safely. Beluga has been showing a decreasing threshold for arousal, and become kennel reactive. When attempting to leash him, Beluga has been biting and pulling the leash into kennel and is very difficult to redirect. Beluga has also been noted to kennel fight, pulling hard towards kennels, baring teeth, and snapping. Medically Beluga is noted to be underweight and being treated for CIRDC.
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Jambalaya
Jambalaya is at risk due to behavioral reasons. In her previous home Jambalaya's owner reported that she takes time to warm up and was invloved in two bite incidents with a person and another dog. Neither incident broke skin or needed medical attention. During intake, Jambalaya was observed to growl and lip lift as well as bark at staff. Recently Jambalaya has warmed up to handlers and enjoys playing fetch as reported. Medically, Jambalaya has CIRDC and is overweight.
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