We know animals communicate. Dogs wag their tails. Cats purr. YouTube videos show whales acknowledging divers who cut away fishing nets that have entangled them. So I’m sure that if the thousands of dogs and cats, and a few pigs, rabbits, hamsters, hedgehogs, turtles, ferrets, monkeys, donkeys, lizards and cows that were adopted last week […]
We know animals communicate. Dogs wag their tails. Cats purr. YouTube videos show whales acknowledging divers who cut away fishing nets that have entangled them.
So I’m sure that if the thousands of dogs and cats, and a few pigs, rabbits, hamsters, hedgehogs, turtles, ferrets, monkeys, donkeys, lizards and cows that were adopted last week could talk, they would tell NBC and Telemundo, thanks.
NBC- and Telemundo-owned stations’ pet adoption initiative, Clear the Shelter, found new homes for more than 20,000 animals last week.
The initiative partnered the stations with more than 400 animal shelters, the first time NBC and Telemundo stations joined together for pet adoption.
The national day of action was Saturday, Aug. 15, and it was so successful, the date for next year’s event has already been scheduled: mark Saturday, July 16, 2016, on your calendars.
“We are grateful to everyone who opened their homes and added to their families on this national day of action,” said Valari Staab, NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations’ president.
“Clear the Shelters is an example of how, together, we can save animal lives and make a difference in our communities.”
In Maryland, a pot-bellied pig named “Channing Tatum” was adopted.
“Linda,” a 12-year-old poodle mix who had spent six years at the Upper Keys Humane Society in South Florida was adopted.
In Dallas, a five-year-old boxer who had lived a life of abuse was finally adopted by a family from Mesquite.
A family from Indiana was reunited with their pitbull, “Joe Cool,” after he ran away from home. The family found their pet on Clear the Shelters day after they visited their local animal shelter. This year’s Clear the Shelters initiative was sponsored nationally by Overstock.com. “We knew this event would rescue many homeless animals,” said Patrick M. Byrne, Overstock.com’s CEO. “Whenever Overstock can leverage its technology to do good, we aim to do so.”
The ASPCA (American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) granted a total of $134,000 to 16 animal shelters that participated in the Clear the Shelters initiative to help them offer no-cost or reduced-fee adoptions or waive pet spaying and neutering fees.
For more information about the national pet adoption drive, visit www.ClearTheShelters.com.
If the NBC and Telemundo stations can make such a measurable difference by joining together, think of what good could be accomplished should other broadcast groups follow their lead.
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