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Humane Society of Warren County hopes to ‘Clear the Shelter’ Saturday, Aug. 19

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Millions of animals are without forever homes, officials say. Hopefully, Clear the Shelters 2017 will find homes for more than 53,000 homeless pets. / File photo

FRONT ROYAL –The Humane Society of Warren County, along with animal shelters across the country, is teaming up with NBC and Telemundo stations to find loving homes for homeless pets on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017   According to a media release from Tori Denney, the HSWC will have fee-waived adoptions during the one-day event.

The annual Clear the Shelters event, is a nationwide pet adoption initiative. Hundreds of shelters in 20 states, Washington, D.C. and Puerto Rico will participate in the one-day adoption drive.

The goal is to #ClearTheShelters by finding forever homes for as many animals as possible. More than 53,000 pets were adopted during last year’s event, but millions more remain homeless.

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