Annual Campaign Has Now Resulted In More Than 1 Million Adoptions Nationwide Since 2015
FORT WORTH / DALLAS, TEXAS – (Sept. 13, 2023) – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth/KXAS and Telemundo 39/KXTX today announced that more than 7000 pets were adopted from area animal shelters during its 2023 Clear The Shelters pet adoption and donation initiative from Aug. 1 to 30.
NBCUniversal Local’s Clear The Shelters has now surpassed the one million all-time adoptions milestone nationwide since its 2015 inception. This year, the campaign helped more than 157,000 pets, and counting, find new homes and raised more than $575,000 for shelters across the country. Clear The Shelters has led to more than 66,000 adoptions in North Texas over the last nine years.
“Clear the Shelters was inspired by a 2014 NBC 5 and Telemundo 39 campaign to boost our local shelters’ efforts to find forever homes for 2200 animals,” said Tony Canales, President and General Manager of NBC 5 and Telemundo 39. “Adopting over one million animals nationwide today, demonstrates the tremendous dedication of the shelter employees, the volunteers and our communities.”
The 2023 Clear The Shelters featured online donations through Greater Good Charities, a global nonprofit and longtime campaign partner, which hosted the fundraising campaign, built courtesy of Fundraise Up, an online donation platform that helps nonprofits grow revenue. Virtual pet adoptions also returned for a fifth consecutive campaign through the WeRescue app.
Visit ClearTheShelters.com and the Spanish-language DesocuparlosAlbergues.com for more information, or follow Clear The Shelters on social media at:
- Twitter @ClearTheShelter
- Instagram: cleartheshelters
- Hashtags: #ClearTheShelters & #DesocuparLosAlbergues
About NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth / KXAS
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth / KXAS is the local NBCUniversal-owned television station serving the communities of North Texas with quality local news, weather forecasts, consumer and investigative reports and sports and entertainment programming across all platforms, including the station’s dedicated website NBCDFW.com, its mobile app, social media channels and on COZI TV (Digital 5.2), the station’s multicast channel.
Telemundo 39 / KXTX
Telemundo 39 / KXTX is Telemundo’s local television station serving the Spanish-speaking community throughout North Texas. Owned by NBCUniversal, Telemundo 39 delivers award-winning local breaking news, weather, entertainment, and sports programming across a variety of platforms, including on air, online at Telemundo39.com and via mobile and social media channels.
About Clear The Shelters
Clear The Shelters™ / Desocupar Los Albergues® is an annual, nationwide pet adoption campaign that is spearheaded by NBCUniversal Local, a division of NBCUniversal. Every year, NBCUniversal Local’s NBC and Telemundo owned stations and affiliated stations partner with animal shelters and rescues in their communities to promote pet adoption and raise funds. NBCUniversal Local’s Clear The Shelters campaign was inspired by a 2014 North Texas pet adoption event hosted by NBC 5 / KXAS and Telemundo 39 / KXTX and dozens of area shelters that resulted in the most adopted pets in one day for North Texas. Since 2015, Clear The Shelters pet adoption campaign has resulted in more than one million pet adoptions. Visit ClearTheShelters.com and DesocuparLosAlbergues.com for more information.
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