It was another big year for Clear The Shelters .

NBCUniversal Local 's 11th annual pet adoption and donation campaign drove over 160,000 adoptions and raised more than $628,000 in donations for participating shelters and rescues.

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This year's Clear The Shelters campaign saw NBC and Telemundo's owned stations and affiliates team up with 1,735 shelters and rescues to promote pet adoptions and raise money for animal welfare. The participating shelters and rescues were located across 49 states, D.C. , Puerto Rico and Guam.

The adoption initiative ran for the entire month of August and helped 160,165 pets find homes. And the donation initiative, held from July 15 to Sept. 15, resulted in the highest fundraisi

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