NBCUniversal Local today announced its 2022 Clear The Shelters nationwide pet adoption and donation campaign (Aug. 1-31) helped more than 161,500 pets, and counting, find new homes – the highest single-year adoption total in the initiative’s eight-year history.
NBCUniversal Local today announced its 2022 Clear the Shelters nationwide pet adoption and donation campaign (Aug. 1-31) helped more than 161,500 pets, and counting, find new homes — the highest single-year adoption total in the initiative’s eight-year history.
Since its 2015 inception, Clear the Shelters has resulted in more than 860,000 pet adoptions.
In addition, more than $540,000 has been donated to participating animal shelters and rescues as part of this year’s Clear the Shelters fundraising effort, which continues through September.
As part of Clear the Shelters, a campaign-record 170 NBC and Telemundo owned and affiliated stations across the U.S. and Puerto Rico partnered with animal shelters and rescues in their communities to promote pet adoption and raise needed funds.
Nearly 1,400 animal shelters and rescues covering all 50 states, Puerto Rico and Guam participated in this year’s campaign.
To celebrate the start and finish of this year’s monthlong campaign, NBCUniversal Local, Greater Good Charities, The Animal Rescue Site and Hill’s Pet Nutrition partnered to conduct lifesaving airlifts on Aug. 2 and Aug. 30. In total, nearly 300 at-risk dogs and cats were transported from overcrowded shelters in the Southeast to the shelters in the Northeast, where they were made available for adoption.
“We’re honored to announce the tremendous impact this year’s Clear the Shelters made in helping pets find new homes, supporting shelters and rescues in need, and generating awareness for animal welfare issues,” says Meredith McGinn, NBCUniversal Local’s EVP of diginets and original production and Clear the Shelters leader.
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