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Clear the Shelters 2023: Find your next furry friend at these shelter partners

Clear The Shelters is the annual nationwide pet adoption and donation campaign partnered with local animal shelters and rescues to promote pet adoption and raise funds for animal welfare.

Posted 2023-07-18T21:53:37+00:00 - Updated 2023-08-11T20:39:35+00:00

Annual 'Clear the Shelters' campaign underway

Clear The Shelters is the annual nationwide pet adoption and donation campaign partnered with local animal shelters and rescues to promote pet adoption and raise funds for animal welfare. In 2023, a dozen shelter partners across central North Carolina are offering discounted or waived adoption fees to help these animals find their fur-ever homes.

SAFE Haven for Cats
8431 Garvey Drive, Raleigh NC 27616
919-872-7730
https://www.safehavenforcats.org
https://www.facebook.com/safehavenforcats
https://twitter.com/SafeHaven4Cats
https://www.instagram.com/safehaven4cats/
Animals available: cats and kittens

Wake County Animal Center
820 Beacon Lake Drive Raleigh NC 27610
919-212-7387
https://www.wake.gov/departments-government/animal-services
Animals available: dogs, cats and little critters

The SPCA of Wake County
200 Petfinder Lane Raleigh NC 27603
919-772-2326
https://spcawake.org/
https://www.facebook.com/SPCAwake
https://twitter.com/spcawake
http://www.instagram.com/spcaofwakecounty
Animals available: cats, dogs, small pets (e.g., rabbits, guinea pigs, mice, rats)

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Orange County Animal Services
1601 Eubanks Road
Chapel Hill NC 27516
919-942-7387
https://www.orangecountync.gov/155/Animal-Services
https://www.facebook.com/OCASpets
https://www.instagram.com/oc_animalservices
Animals available: cats, dogs, sometimes rabbits, guinea pigs, other pocket pets

Animal Protection Society of Durham
2117 E. Club Blvd. Durham NC 27704
919-560-0640
https://www.apsofdurham.org https://www.facebook.com/apsofdurham
https://twitter.com/APSofDurham
https://www.instagram.com/aps_of_durham
Animals available: dogs, cats, small animals

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Goathouse Refuge Pittsboro
379 Goathouse Road Pittsboro NC 27312
919-542-6815
https://www.goathouserefuge.org
https://www.facebook.com/TheGoathouseRefuge
https://twitter.com/GoathouseRefuge
https://www.instagram.com/goathouserefuge
Animals available: cats

Cumberland County Animal Services
4704 Corporation Drive Fayetteville NC 28306
910-321-6852
https://www.cumberlandcountync.gov/departments/animal-services-group/animal-Services
http://www.facebook.com/CumberlandCountyAnimalShelter
http://www.instagram.com/cumberlandcoanimalshelter
Animals available: dogs, cats, small pets such as rabbits, hamsters

Chatham County Sheriff's Animal Resource Center
725 Renaissance Dr. Pittsboro NC 27312
919-542-7203
https://sites.google.com/view/chathamcountysheriffnc/units/Animal-Resources?authuser=0
http://www.facebook.com/chathamsoar
http://www.instagram.com/chathamsoar
Animals available: dogs, cats, pocket pets

Finders Keepers Animal Sanctuary
PO Box 1210 Creedmoor NC 27522 919-764-0081
https://finderskeepersnc.org
http://www.facebook.com/finderskeepersnc
Animals available: cats, kittens