Emergency Placement

Helping Animals with the Greatest Needs

We know that animal shelters are extremely stressful places for pets and that stress can sometimes bring out behaviors and/or illness we wouldn’t normally see when the pet is home in a familiar, comfortable environment. Kenneling pets long-term often leads to chronic stress and, over time, they begin to break down emotionally because their needs are not being met. By definition, they really cannot be met in a shelter environment because a shelter is not a home, no matter how nice the facility may be. ACC needs help finding placement for dogs and cats we believe can be successful in a home with the right support and behavior modification, but who do not qualify for public adoption or who have behavior challenges that limit their public adoption options. Chronic stress can really put behavioral health into question. These factors are the reason we have an Emergency Placement Program.

 

The automated Emergency Placement Program allows partners who prefer it to focus on the animals with the greatest needs. Additionally, the system is meant to facilitate more animals getting placed as all of the animals’ medical and behavior information will be available for partners to view. Partners and prospective adopters will also be able to reserve animals for placement in real time. Members of the public who would like/prefer to work with a new hope partner to pull a pet needing Emergency Placement can fill out a “New Hope Pre-Screener”. The purpose of “New Hope Pre-Screener” is to ensure that the potential adopter/foster is a responsible and suitable match for the animal’s needs, especially as these needs may be extensive. All appropriate pre-screeners submitted through the system will be forwarded directly to New Hope partners.

Emergency Placement Dogs / Cats

Animals will be posted on the website Sundays, Tuesdays and Thursdays at 6PM. Some pets are listed as ‘Rescue Only’ which means they must be placed through a rescue group, referred to as a New Hope partner.
If you are interested in fostering or adopting a pet through a New Hope partner please fill out this pre-screener.
Appropriate pre-screeners will be sent directly to New Hope partners who will contact interested parties.

Current Emergency Placement Dogs/Cats can be found here.

Status updates for previous emergency placement dogs and cats can be found here.