CLEAR THE SHELTERS: IT’S BACK!
Clear the Shelters, the wildly successful nationwide pet adoption drive that took our community and the country by storm in 2016 is coming back.
Last year, our Pawsitively Furever Dog Rescue teamed up with our local NBC and Telemundo stations, WNBC New York and Telemundo 41, to provide local families the opportunity to adopt an animal in need by offering REDUCED FEE adoptions. Together, we were able to help 35 pets find new, loving homes. It was an incredible event and we are so excited to do it all over again this year on Saturday, August 19, 2017.
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“We love to see our babies that we have saved and care for find their furever homes” said Laura Witzal, President/CEO of Pawsitively Furever Dog Rescue
“Last year’s Clear the Shelters surpassed our wildest expectations,” said Lynn Homsky, VP Pawsitively Furever Dog Rescue. “Seeing pets who had been living in our foster homes for week or months finally have a chance to walk out with their new family is an indescribable feeling. Clear the Shelters inspired our local community to take action and we are thrilled to partner with WNBC New York to make this year’s Clear the Shelters another remarkable day for our local community.”
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This year’s Clear the Shelters event comes after last year’s highly successful inaugural effort, which resulted in nearly 20,000 animals finding new homes through an unprecedented partnership between the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations and 400 animal shelters from all across the country and Puerto Rico. Last year’s effort literally emptied dozens of animal shelters across the country and inspired local communities to take action and open their homes to animals in need.
Clear the Shelters helps to address the overcrowding issues that local animal shelters typically experience in the summer months because of spring litters. The nationwide pet adoption drive also offers local families the opportunity to adopt an animal in need by offering no-cost or reduced fee adoptions, or waiving pet spaying and neutering fees.
