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Clear the Shelters: More Than 1,000 Chicago-Area Pets Adopted Saturday

In just a couple of hours of the event kicking off, more than a hundred adoptions took place in the Chicago area

Pet Adoptions Pour in During Clear the Shelters in Chicago Area

More than a thousand animals were adopted in the Chicago area on Saturday’s nationwide initiative known as "Clear The Shelters."

Since the start of the 2018 campaign, about 3,300 animals in the Chicagoland area have found new homes at the participating shelters. On Saturday alone, more than 1,150 adoptions took place.

In just a matter of a couple of hours, the count was at approximately 142 and by 2:30 p.m. the number increased to about 259 adoptions.

Thirty minutes later, the number rose to about 381 across all local shelters.

At 6 p.m. the count was at a total of about 804 adoptions and by the end of the day, the number recorded surpassed a thousand.

NBC 5 and Telemundo Chicago teamed up with animal shelters to waive adoption fees across the Chicago area and help pets 6 months and older find forever homes. The major pet adoption event was scheduled to take place from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Every year, approximately 6.5 million pets enter animal shelters across the U.S, and about 1.5 million of those animals are euthanized because they haven't been adopted, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.

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Although the event is over, it is never too late to adopt.

Use the map to search for a shelter near you or search by zip code above.

Take a look at the full list of Chicago-area shelters that participated below:

A.D.O.P.T. Pet Shelter 

420 Industrial Drive, Naperville, IL 60563

(630) 355-2299

A Refuge for Saving the Wildlife (Birds only)

2720 Dundee Road, Suite 229, Northbrook, IL 60062

(847) 509-1026

Anderson Animal Shelter North Aurora Adoption Ctr.

188 N. Randall Road, Aurora, IL 60542

(847) 697-2880 ext. 80

Animal Outreach Humane Society

3370 Shoppers Drive, McHenry, IL 60051

(815) 385-0005

Animal Services and Assitance Programs (Cats only)

19309 Kishwaukee Valley Road, Marengo, IL 60152

(815) 568-2921

Aurora Animal Care & Control

600 S. River Street, Aurora, IL 60506

(630) 256-3630

Cat Habitat 

17930 S. Halsted Street, Homewood, IL 60430 

(708) 308-8817

CatNap From the Heart

1101 Beach Ave., LaGrange Park, IL 60526

(708) 352-3914

Chicago Animal Care & Control

2741 S. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60608

(312) 747-1406

Cicero Waggin' Tails Shelter

1800 S. Laramie Ave., Cicero, IL 60804

(708) 652-0825

DuPage County Animal Care & Control

120 N. County Farm Road, Wheaton, IL 60187

(630) 407-2800

Friendly & Feral Cat Rescue 

1375 N. Roselle Road, Schaumburg, IL 60195

(847) 394-0260

Heartland Animal Shelter

2975 Milwaukee Ave. Northbrook, IL 60062

(847) 296-6400

Help Save Pets – Chicago

511 W. North Ave. Chicago, IL 60610

(312) 428-2571

Help Save Pets – Downers Grove

941 63rd Street, Downers Grove, IL 60516

(815) 436-2700

Hinsdale Humane Society

22 N. Elm, Hinsdale, IL 60521

(630) 323-5630

Humane Indiana

421 45th Ave., Munster, IN 46321

(219) 922-3811

Humane Society of Northwest Indiana

6100 Melton Road, Gary, IN 46403

(219) 938-3339

Magnificient Mutts and Meows (Dogs only)

720 E. Ogden Ave., Naperville, IL 60563

(708) 703-5047

Magnificient Mutts and Meows (Cats only)

198 North Ave., Villa Park, IL 60181

(708) 205-6862

McHenry County Animal Control and Adoption Ctr. (Cats only)

100 N. Virginia Street, Crystal Lake, IL 60014

(815) 459-6222

Michiana Humane Society & SPCA, Inc.

722 IN-212, Michigan City, IN 46360

(219) 872-4499

Naperville Area Humane Society

1620 W. Diehl Road, Naperville, IL 60563

(630) 420-8989

New Beginnings for Cats

7701 E. 3500N Road, Bourbonnais, IL 60914

(815) 472-4734

Orphans of the Storm

2200 Riverwoods Road, Riverwoods, IL 60015

(847) 945-0235

PAWS Chicago

1997 N. Clyborn Ave., Chicago, IL 60614

(773) 687-4700

Precious Pets Almost Home (Cats only)

3640 N. Elston Ave., Chicago, IL 60618

(773) 887-2286

and

3757 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL 60613

(708) 352-3914

Rover Rescue of Illinois (Dogs only)

1512 S. Randall Road, Geneva, IL 60134

(630) 232-6467

South Suburban Humane Society

1103 West End Ave., Chicago Heights, IL 60411

(708) 755-7387

Spay and Stay (Outdoor location)

555 E. Townline Road, Vernon Hills, IL 60061

(847) 289-4557

Tails Humane Society

2270 Barber Greene Road, DeKalb, IL 60115

(815) 758-2457

The Anti-Cruelty Society

157 W. Grand Ave., IL 60654

(312) 644-8338

Tree House Humane Society (Cats only)

7225 N. Western Ave., Chicago, IL 60645

(773) 262-4000

Wheeling Animal Group Saves

532 S. Elmhurst Road, Wheeling, IL 60090

(847) 520-7387

Winnebego County Animal Services

4517 N. Main Street, Rockford, IL 61103

(815) 319-4100

4 Paw Sake (Dogs only)

2739 Glenwood Dyer Road, Lynwood, IL 60411

(708) 758-3647

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