Special Flight to Transport More Than 120 Shelter Pets from Louisiana to New Jersey & New Hampshire
‘Clear The Shelters’ Has Led to Nearly 1.2 Million Pet Adoptions & Raised More Than $5 Million Since 2015
Visit ClearTheShelters.com For Participating Shelters & ClearTheSheltersFund.orgto Donate Through Sept. 15
NEW YORK – Aug. 14, 2025 – NBCUniversal Local and Greater Good Charitiesare partnering on a special Clear The Shelters life-saving pet airlift mission to transport more than 120 at-risk shelter cats and dogs from Louisiana to New Jersey and New Hampshire on Wednesday, Aug. 20.
The airlift is part of the 11th annual Clear The Shelters pet adoption and donation campaign taking place now through Aug. 31, with fundraising through Sept. 15. This year, NBC and Telemundo stations are partnering with more than 1,700 animal shelters and rescues in their communities to promote animal welfare.
The Clear The Shelters airlift, conducted by Greater Good Charities, will consist of cats and dogs from nine overpopulated shelters in Louisiana and Alabama, including harder-to-place or vulnerable pets, like large dogs, homeless cats and asymptomatic heartworm-positive shelter dogs.
A chartered plane will depart from New Orleans to transport approximately 85 shelter cats and dogs to Morristown, N.J., and then will proceed to Manchester, N.H., with the remaining pets. Upon arrival, the pets will be received by several shelters, which will provide any medical care needed and place the pets for adoption.
This marks the sixth Clear The Shelters life-saving pet airlift, which have transported more than 600 shelter cats and dogs since 2021. The first Clear The Shelters pet airlift mission was conducted on Aug. 23, 2021. Since its 2015 inception, Clear The Shelters has led to nearly 1.2 million pet adoptions and raised more than $5 million.
Clear The Shelters Pet Airlift Flight Plan – Aug. 20
DEPARTURE – New Orleans
Location: New Orleans Lakefront Airport (NEW)
FBO: Flightline First
6101 Guiseppe Bellanca St, New Orleans, LA 70126
Times (Approx.): 4 a.m. CT – Loading Time
5 a.m. CT – Take Off
ARRIVAL 1 – Morristown, N.J.
Location: Morristown Airport (MMU)
FBO: Atlantic Aviation MMU
50 Airport Road Suite 180, Morristown, NJ 07960
Times (Approx.): 9:45 to 10:15 a.m. ET – Plane Arrival
11 a.m. ET – Take Off
ARRIVAL 2 – Manchester, N.H.
Location: Manchester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT)
FBO: Signature Aviation
1 Garside Way Manchester, NH 03103
Times (Approx.): 11:45 to 12:15 a.m. ET – Plane Arrival
Please note all times are tentative and subject to change.
The shelters sending pets on the airlift departing New Orleans are:
Louisiana’s Cara’s House (Sorrento), Iberville Parish Animal Control & Shelter (Plaquemine), Lafayette Animal Shelter & Care Center (Lafayette), Lafourche Parish Animal Shelter (Thibodaux), St. Charles Parish Animal Shelter (Luling), Jefferson Protection & Animal Welfare Services (Harvey), St. Martin Parish Animal Shelter (St. Martinville), Terrebonne Parish Animal Shelter (Gray); and Alabama’s Save a Pet Adoption Rescue & Transport (Dothan).
Shelters receiving pets from the Morristown, N.J., and New Hampshire arrivals are:
New Jersey’s St. Hubert’s Animal Welfare Center (Madison), Delaware’s Humane Animal Partners (Wilmington), Pennsylvania’s Char Wills German Shepherd (Schuylkill County), and Washington, D.C.’s Humane Rescue Alliance; and New Hampshire’s Pope Memorial Humane Society Cocheco Valley (Dover), Pope Memorial SPCA (Concord), New Hampshire SPCA (Stratham), Upper Valley Humane Society (Enfield).
Media interested in covering the departure or arrival events should contact Rob Lemus at Rob.Lemus@nbcuni.com by 5 p.m. ET on Monday, Aug. 18.
Greater Good Charities, a global nonprofit organization that works to help people, animals, and the environment, is the fundraising partner for Clear The Shelters. Since 2007, Greater Good Charities has provided more than $750 million in cash grants, in-kind supplies, and programmatic support worldwide. Greater Good Charities conducts life-saving airlifts and supports ground transport for at-risk shelter pets, with a heavy focus on disaster-relief, homeless cats, harder-to-place large dogs, and asymptomatic heartworm positive dogs.
For more information on Clear The Shelters, including participating animal shelters and rescues, along with details on local events and television programming, visit ClearTheShelters.com and the Spanish-language site DesocuparlosAlbergues.com, and follow Clear The Shelters on social media:
- Instagram: cleartheshelters
- TikTok: @cleartheshelters
- Hashtags: #ClearTheShelters & #DesocuparLosAlbergues
About Greater Good Charities
Greater Good Charities is a 501(c)(3) global nonprofit organization that works to help people, animals, and the environment by mobilizing in response to need and amplifying the good. Greater Good Charities, with a Four-Star rating on Charity Navigator and a Platinum Seal on GuideStar, has invested more than $750 million in impact, including cash grants, in-kind supplies, and programmatic support, to charitable partners in 121 countries since 2006. To learn more about how Greater Good Charities is amplifying the good across the globe, please visit greatergood.org or follow Facebook, Instagram, X, YouTube and TikTok.
About Clear The Shelters
NBCUniversal Local’s Clear The Shelters™ is an annual nationwide pet adoption and donation campaign held each August. As part of the initiative, NBC- and Telemundo-owned and affiliated stations partner with animal shelters and rescues in communities across the U.S. to promote pet adoption and raise funds for participating shelters. Since its 2015 inception, Clear The Shelters has led to nearly 1.2 million pet adoptions and raised more than $5 million. Longtime campaign supporters include Hill’s Pet Nutrition, a national sponsor for eight consecutive years, Greater Good Charities and WeRescue. Clear The Shelters was inspired by a 2014 North Texas pet adoption event hosted by NBC 5 / KXAS and Telemundo 39 / KXTX. For more information, visit ClearTheShelters.com.
About NBCUniversal Local
NBCUniversal Local, part of NBCUniversal News Group, is comprised of more than 50 media properties, including local TV stations and regional sports networks that deliver English and Spanish-speaking audiences in 30 U.S. markets and Puerto Rico comprehensive news, weather, consumer and investigative reporting, lifestyle and entertainment content, and live sports across TV, streaming and digital platforms. NBCUniversal Local consists of three media groups – NBC Owned Television Stations, NBC Sports Regional Networks and Telemundo Station Group – plus multicast networks COZI TV, TeleXitos and American Crimes, regional cable news network NECN, and 16 free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels – including 11 NBC local news, four Telemundo regional news channels and NBC LX Home. NBCUniversal Local also features NBC Spot On, an advanced CTV and OTT advertising platform; LXTV Productions; marketing and promotions company Skycastle; out-of-home business NBC Everywhere; and The Arthouse, a graphic design group.
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