More than 2,800 pets adopted from Chicago-area shelters during 10th annual Clear the Shelters
Nationwide, the milestone 2024 campaign helped 168,832 pets find new homes – the highest single-year adoption total in the initiative’s history
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NBC 5, Telemundo Chicago host ‘Clear the Shelters' campaign for 10th year
NBC 5 Chicago and Telemundo Chicago announced its annual Clear The Shelters pet adoption and donation campaign will return for its milestone tenth consecutive year from Aug. 10 to Sept.10. As part of the monthlong event, NBCUniversal Local Chicago is partnering with local animal shelters and rescues to promote pet adoption and raise funds participa... -
Clear The Shelters campaign returns for 10th year
Shelters around the country will participate in the 10th year of NBCUniversal’s Clear the Shelters campaign, with the hopes of finding forever homes for their homeless animals. NBC Chicago’s Lee Ann Trotter reports.
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Clear The Shelters campaign returns for 10th straight year
Clear The Shelters’ 10-year anniversary comes after the campaign surpassed 1 million all-time adoptions in 2023.
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Rescued dogs from West Bank available for adoption in Cook County
Five dogs, rescued from the West Bank, are available for adoption in Cook County.
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Need puppy love? Chicago animal shelter offers ‘puppygram' deliveries for Valentine's Day
One Tail At A Time, a Chicago animal shelter, has reprised its popular “puppygram” program, offering several ways for animal lovers to “share puppy snuggles with your friends, family, and coworkers” from Feb. 10 to Feb. 14 in celebration of “rescue puppy love.”
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‘Part of our family': NBC 5 anchor Patrick Fazio's family adopts dog during Clear The Shelters
When you meet them face-to-face, it can be tough to say no. Then you end up adding a loved one to your family. That’s what happened to Patrick Fazio when he visited Wright Way Rescue in Morton Grove during NBC’s Clear The Shelters campaign.
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Clear the Shelters: Photos from around the Chicago area
The annual “Clear the Shelters” event is heading into its final week, and there are plenty of pets that need to find their forever homes.
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1 week left to find a fur-ever pet in Clear the Shelters. Find a shelter near you
Digging around for a paw-some opportunity to meet some furry friends? Adopt a pet in this year’s NBC 5, Telemundo Chicago and NBC Sports Chicago Clear the Shelters event throughout the month of August.
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Opinion: Losing a pet is painful, but not experiencing their love is worse
I knew as my beloved dog grew older, his time would come eventually. Still, I wasn’t prepared for the suddenness of his departure from my world. The pain of his passing hit me in a way I couldn’t have imagined – until I was in it.
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Naperville shelter reduces fees for ‘Clear the Shelters'
A Naperville animal rescue group is hoping to find new homes for its longest-tenured residents, and as part of that effort they’re slashing fees in honor of “Clear the Shelters.”
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The Anti-Cruelty Society's biggest adoption event of the year is set for this weekend
Chicago’s Anti-Cruelty Society will waive adoption fees on all of its available animals on Saturday as part of NBC Universal’s month-long Clear The Shelters national campaign. “It’s our largest adoption event of the year, and we are looking to place 100 animals into their forever home,” says Lydia Krupinsky, vice president of mission impact a... -
Paws and Claws on a mission to find animals loving homes
During the pandemic, a woman saw cats in need and decided to do something about it, so she established a foster-based organization. As NBC 5’s LeeAnn Trotter reports, her efforts are expanding in a big way.
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Full list of Chicago-area shelters participating in 2023 Clear the Shelters
Digging around for a paw-some opportunity to meet some furry friends? Adopt a pet in this year’s NBC 5, Telemundo Chicago and NBC Sports Chicago Clear the Shelters event throughout the month of August.
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Dog found shot in Chicago this week saved by team of volunteers, heads to foster home
A pit bull puppy found shot on Chicago’s West Side is proving that nothing can break his spirit — and in a promising turn of events, is heading one step closer to finding his fur-mily.
