HOUSTON – KPRC 2 once again joined NBCUniversal's Clear the Shelters initiative and teamed up with Telemundo Houston and animal shelters in the Houston area to host the third annual Clear the Shelters nationwide pet adoption drive on Aug. 19, 2017.

PHOTOS: Clear the shelters day

According to NBC, there were 2,800 pet adoptions in the Houston area, with 894 of those on Saturday. In all, there were more than 64,852 pet adoptions nationwide.

The Clear the Shelters initiative is a national pet adoption campaign that is spearheaded by the NBCUniversal Owned Television Stations, a division of NBCUniversal. The Clear the Shelters effort, which teams up more than 40 local NBC and Telemundo television stations with hundreds of animal shelters from all across the country, returns for a third consecutive year after last year's highly successful inaugural effort which resulted in nearly 20,000 animals finding new homes.

Participating animal shelters in the Houston area offered no-cost or reduced fee adoptions or waived pet spaying and neutering fees.

Participating shelters included:

HOUSTON:

***ADORE Houston Rescue | Crime Stoppers of Houston at 3001 Main St., Houston 77002

BARC Animal Shelter | 3300 Carr St. Houston, TX 77026 | (832) 395-9009

Citizens for Animal Protection (CAP) | 17555 Katy Fwy Houston, TX 77094 | (281) 497-0053

***GOOD LIF3 Bully Rescue | Crime Stoppers of Houston at 3001 Main St., Houston 77002

Houston Humane Society | 14700 Almeda Rd. Houston, TX 77053 | (281) 961-9225

Houston SPCA | 900 Portway Dr. Houston, TX 77024 | (713) 869-7722

Special Pals Inc. | 3830 Greenhouse Rd. Houston, TX 77084 | (281) 579-7387

***Brave Bully Rescue | Crime Stoppers of Houston at 3001 Main St., Houston 77002 | info@bravebullyrescue.org

***DREAM | Crime Stoppers of Houston at 3001 Main St., Houston 77002 | suzanne@dreamdachs.org

***Houston Pets Alive | Crime Stoppers of Houston at 3001 Main St., Houston 77002 | Adopt@HoustonPetsAlive.org

***Rock-A-Bully | Crime Stoppers of Houston at 3001 Main St., Houston 77002 | Info@rockabullyaf.com

OTHER AREAS:

A Chance to Bloom | 2608 Industrial Ln. Conroe, TX 77301 | (936) 333-1416

Alvin Animal Adoption Center | 550 W. Highway 6, Alvin, TX 77511

Bayou Animal Services | 3120 Deats Rd. Dickinson, TX 77338 | (281) 337-3117

City of Baytown Animal Services | 705 Robert Lanier Baytown, TX 77520 | (281) 422-7600

Deer Park Animal Control | 4213 Luella Deer Park, TX 77536 | (281) 478-7274

Fort Bend County Animal Services | 1210 Blume Rd. Rosenberg, TX 77471 | (281) 342-1512 |

Galveston County Animal Resource Center | 3412 25th Ave. N Texas City, TX 77590 | (409) 948-2485

Galveston Island Humane Society | 6814 Broadway Galveston, TX 77554 | (409) 740-1919

Humble Animal Shelter | 240 Dennis Ave. Humble, TX 77338 | (281) 881-4862

La Porte Adoption Center & Shelter | 10901 Spencer Hwy. La Porte, TX 77571 | (281) 471-3810

League City Animal Shelter | 821 N. Kansas Ave. League City, TX 77573 | (281) 554-1377

Montgomery County Animal Shelter | 8535 State Hwy 242 Conroe, TX 77385 | (936) 442-7738

City of Pasadena Animal Shelter | 5150 Burke Rd. Pasadena, TX 77504 | (281) 991-0602

SPCA of Brazoria County | 141 Canna Ln. Lake Jackson, TX 77566 | (979) 285-2340

Texas Litter Control | 24950 Spring Ridge Dr. Spring, TX 77386 | (832) 930-0228

***Shelters marked with asterisks (***) will hold Clear the Shelters adoption events at Crime Stoppers of Houston at 3001 Main St., Houston 77002.

PHOTOS: Alvin Animal Shelter's adoptable pets for Clear The Shelters

PHOTOS: Fort Bend County Animal Services' adoptable pets for Clear The Shelters

PHOTOS: Houston Pets Alive adoptable pets for Clear The Shelters

PHOTOS: Montgomery County Animal Shelter's adoptable pets for Clear The Shelters

Click here for an interactive map of the participating shelters in our area.

KPRC 2 would like to thank our promotional partners for this year's Clear the Shelters event: Brilliant Energy, RTIC Coolers, Gillman Subaru, Telemundo Houston and Crime Stoppers of Houston.

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