Now in its 10th year, Clear The Shelters / Desocupar Los Albergues is an annual, nationwide pet adoption campaign led by NBCUniversal Local, a division of NBCUniversal.  Every year, NBCUniversal Local’s NBC and Telemundo owned stations, plus more than a hundred affiliated stations across the nation, partner with animal shelters and rescues in their communities to promote pet adoption and raise needed funds for shelters and rescues.  Since its 2015 inception, Clear The Shelters has resulted in more than one million pet adoptions and raised millions of dollars for participating shelters and rescues.  Clear The Shelters was inspired by a 2014 pet adoption event hosted by NBC 5 and Telemundo 39 and dozens of area shelters that resulted in the most adopted pets in one day for North Texas

2024 Campaign

Clear The Shelters, NBCUniversal Local’s annual nationwide pet adoption and donation campaign, returns for its 10th consecutive year Aug. 10 to Sept. 10.  All adoptions are 1/2 off for the duration of the campaign.

During the campaign, Clear The Shelters will run various donation campaigns that allow matches and other ways to make your donation go even further.