2,358 pets find homes during 8 On Your Side 'Clear The Shelters' adoption drive Copyright 2018 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Video
TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) - 2,358 pets in the Tampa Bay area now have forever homes, thanks to a joint effort by 8 On Your Side and local shelters.
8 On Your Side teamed up with 23 local shelters for Clear The Shelters, a 2-week adoption drive. The last day of the adoption drive was today, Saturday, Aug. 18. It was an amazingly successful day with 854 adoptions happening in one day.
Participating shelters shared photos of families with their adopted pets on social media using the hashtag #ClearTheShelters. You can see some of the photos below.
Congratulations to all pets who found forever homes and thank you to our local shelters for teaming up with 8 On Your Side!
8 On Your Side is one of hundreds of NBC stations across the country that took part in the Clear The Shelters nationwide pet adoption event. More than 150,000 pets have found forever homes since 2015.
Here are the Tampa Bay area shelters that participated in Clear The Shelters:
Humane Society of Tampa Bay- 3607 N. Armenia Avenue, Tampa
Friends of Strays Animal Shelter- 2911 47th Avenue N, St. Petersburg
FLUFF Animal Rescue of Tampa Bay- 11220 Park Blvd N, Seminole
SPCA Tampa Bay- 9099 130th Ave N, Largo
Pinellas County Animal Services- 12450 Ulmerton Road, Largo
Bishop Animal Shelter SPCA of Manatee County- 5718 21st Avenue West, Bradenton
Manatee County Animal Services- 305 25th Street West, Palmetto
St. Francis Animal Rescue of Venice- 1925 S. Tamiami Trail, Venice
Humane Society of the Nature Coast- 7200 Mobley Rd, Brooksville
Hernando County Animal Services- 19450 Oliver Street, Brooksville
Paw Warriors-355 Spring Time Street, Spring Hill
SPCA of Hernando-9075 Grant St, Brooksville
Pasco County Animal Services- 19640 Dogpatch Lane, Land O'Lakes
Citrus County Animal Services, 4030 S. Airport Rd, Inverness
Humane Society of Manatee County, 2515 14th Street West, Bradenton
Barking Out Loud Rescue, 300 N. Lake Drive, Lorida
Royal Pet Rescue of Sarasota, 1097 Tarpon Ave, Sarasota
SPCA Florida, 5850 Brannen Rd. South, Lakeland
Nate's Honor Animal Rescue, 4951 Lorraine Road, Bradenton
Highlands County Sheriff Animal Services, 7421 Haywood Taylor Blvd., Sebring
Humane Society of Polk County, 3195 Dundee Road, Winter Haven
Hillsborough County Pet Resources, 440 N. Falkenburg Road, Tampa
SPCA SUNCOAST, 7734 Congress St., New Port Richey 28 Photos Copyright 2018 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. So many smiles from these pet parents who adopted at Barking Out Loud! PHOTOS: Clear The Shelters Pet Adoption Event 2018 So many smiles from these pet parents who adopted at Barking Out Loud! A happy family at St. Francis Animal Rescue! Cooper was adopted at the Hillsborough Pet Resource Center. A pretty black cat has a new forever home thanks to St. Francis Animal Rescue. This pretty kitty has found a new home St. Francis Animal Rescue. Happy family who adopted at St. Francis Animal Rescue. This sweet kitty was adopted at St. Francis Animal Rescue. This climbing kitty was adopted at St. Francis Animal Rescue. Yay! This adorable kitty at Manatee Co. Animal Services found a new homwe Happy faces at the Hillsborough County Pet Resource Center! A happy family with their new addition who was adopted at the Humane Society of Tampa Bay! Awww! This cute kitty adopted at the Humane Society of Tampa Bay poses with its new family. Such a sweet photo! Congratulations on the new member of the family adopted at Humane Society of Tampa Bay! Hillsborough County Pet Resource center had a big turnout for Clear The Shelters! Ebony found a forever home at Barking Out Loud Rescue!
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Engineer_it_all on August 20th, 2018 at 22:10 UTC »
I saw the hashtag on Twitter and wondered what was going on (I'm across the pond), glad to see so many people gaining companions and pets gaining homes and family.
mixtape82 on August 20th, 2018 at 19:14 UTC »
Now that’s uplifting!
INEEDTOQUITREDDITTTT on August 20th, 2018 at 19:06 UTC »
one of my friends adopted then! he absolutely loves his new dog