As New York City's only open-admission animal shelter, ACC helps thousands of animals who have been abandoned. This Giving Tuesday, your donation will support ACC's STAR (Special Treatment and Recovery) Fund and help animals who require extra special care.  Click here to donate.

Can you help out NYC's homeless animals? Sign up for our Virtual Dog Foster Orientation on Saturday, December 11 at 1:30pm!

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Interested in helping NYC’s homeless animals? Join us at our upcoming Volunteer Orientation!

Tuesday, November 30 at 7pm. How to join? Just follow the link on Tuesday night! The call will be open to the first 500 who join.

Want someone to hop along to the hits? Or encourage better snacking habits? Any boroughbred rabbit would jump at the chance to come home with a buddy like you.

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Need some help exploring new parts of your apartment or just help keeping all the invisible ghosts away? Our boroughbred cats are always there to help, and there to nap.

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Looking for a friend who's always excited to see you? Or maybe just someone to toss the old ball around. A boroughbred pup will always be at your side, except when the food is on the other side of the room.

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Volunteers play a vital role in our organization, caring for animals, taking photos, writing bios and more. Explore the different opportunities available as an ACC volunteer.

Foster parents provide a clean, safe, loving environment for homeless pets and help them prepare to find a new forever home. Find out about the various programs we offer.

Your donation to ACC goes straight to work helping tens of thousands of animals – both in our care center as well as in the community. Find out more about how you can become one of New York’s Kindest.