This weekend may be the perfect time to adopt a pet. Orange County will be participating in the Clear the Shelters event this Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The event will be held at Orange County’s Animal Shelter on Eubanks Road in Chapel Hill.
Clear the Shelters is a nationwide pet adoption initiative in cooperation with NBC-owned television stations, including WRAL, that helps find loving homes for pets in need, according to a release.
All adoption fees for this event will be waived, officials say, because the important thing is to find the animals a loving home.
Officials say the pets that need to be adopted the most are older pets, pets with special needs, pit bulls and black pets.
If adopting a pet right now is not favorable the program is happy to take donations, volunteers and ambassadors.
For more information on the Clear the Shelters event here.
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