ACCT Philly

Surveillance video captured the moments a man walked into a Philadelphia animal shelter and stole a dog.

Surveillance video shows the moments a man walks off with a dog from ACCT Philly. Now, they need your help tracking him down.

A program through ACCT Philly allows for inmates to learn about and train dogs from their kennels, and for one man in particular, it changed his life. NBC10’s Frances Wang has the story.

The Philadelphia Animal Welfare Society along with ACCT Philly are coming together for a campaign to help Clear the Shelters. NBC10’s Rosemary Connors spoke with the society about their mission.

After an influx in animals being brought to the shelter, ACCT Philly is waiving adoption fees to help find animals new homes. Acting co-executive director of ACCT Philly, Sarah Barnett, speaks with NBC10’s Lucy Bustamante about the push to find pets loving homes.

A family is now taking legal action against ACCT Philly, the animal shelter that put down their dog “Saint.” NBC10 investigative reporter Claudia Vargas has the new details.

A Philadelphia family is devastated after their dog was euthanized at ACCT Philly only hours after arriving. When they couldn’t get answers regarding why it happened, they reached out to the NBC10 Investigators for help. NBC10’s Claudia Vargas has the story.

Aurora Velazquez has resigned her post as executive director of ACCT Philadelphia saying that “it has also become clear to me that my goals and values do not seem to align with those of the community.”

ACCT Philly and PAWS have teamed up to find homes for cats and kittens with ringworm. The condition is treatable, but room is needed to treat more cats. You can help Clear the Shelters by fostering or adopting. NBC10’s Sheila Watko reports.

Philly Live’s Sheila Watko wants you to join her as a “cat mom.” She shares how ACCT Philly, PSPCA and Paws have teamed up for the Foster a Philly Pet program aimed at finding homes for animals in need. You could even save a life.

NBC10’s Stephanía Jiménez speaks to Sarah Barnett of ACCT Philly about the need for loving homes and foster families for the hundreds of dogs and cats filling up the animal shelter. They need your help to find loving homes for these pets in need.

ACCT Philly executive director Aurora Velazquez talks to NBC10’s Sheila Watko about everything from volunteering to fostering to adopting that could help in finding forever homes for cats and dogs in the animal shelter.

A contractor doing renovations found more than one dozen cats inside the walls of a vacant Philadelphia house. ACCT Philadelphia took care of the cats until someone adopts or fosters the felines.

With stress high amid the coronavirus pandemic, people are turning to running to stay in shape. Philly Live’s Sheila Watko gets the scoop on how ACCT Philly Runners helps shelter dogs out and helps reduce the stress of volunteer runners.

ACCT Philly executive director Aurora Velazquez talks to NBC10’s Lucy Bustamante about the Philadelphia animal shelter’s efforts to serve the community during the coronavirus pandemic.

ACCT Philly is the only open intake shelter amid the pandemic and they’re hoping to find sponsors to help provide enrichment to the animals in their care. Philly Live’s Sheila Watko explains how you can help.

After the call of a Philadelphia animal shelter to find a home for a chunky cat named “Lasagna” in order to help her lose weight, a family has stepped up.

Lasagna, a cat weighing in near 30 pounds, has found a “furever” home after ACCT Philadelphia put out the call to find a loving home for the feline. The adopting family is also getting free lasagna care of Stouffer’s.

A large cat named “Lasagna” is in need of a forever home in order to help her lose weight, a local animal shelter said.