Nancy and Harold Rhee discuss the successful Clear the Shelters adoption day in Berkeley, California, along with our upcoming podcast series on Pit Bulls. We also discuss the downside of offering free pet adoptions, and our very shy foster dog, Curry. Show recap notes at http://thisispawprint.com/60 Our Periscope live video account https://www.periscope.tv/thisispawprint/1ZkKzpEOAqRJv Our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/thisispawprint/ Our dogs’ names are Nacho, Lego, and Evie. Clear the Shelters was an effort of NBC partnering with local animal shelters in the United States for a coordinated animal rescue day on Saturday, July 23, 2016. Clear the Shelters has grown in its two years of existence, and over 47,000 pets were adopted in 2016 due to this terrific partnership. Website http://www.cleartheshelters.com Clear the Shelters video Featuring the local NBC station and many rescue organizations in the San Francisco Bay Area. http://www.nbcbayarea.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Clear-the-Shelters_-More-than-46_000-Pet-Adopted_Bay-Area-388189702.html Nancy and Harold fostered Chloe, who got adopted, and currently foster Curry. Diane Roth fostered Noodle, who was found extremely malnourished. We interviewed Diane, she was a fascinating guest! http://www.thisispawprint.com/22-diane-roth-piglet-the-chihuahua-single-source-dog-food/ The Good and Bad of Free Adoptions Clear the Shelters featured either reduced fee or free adoptions. While this positively increases interest in pet adoptions, the downside is free adoptions can attracted people looking for “bait” dogs and cats for dog fighting, along with folks trying to make some quick money. They do this by adopting an animal for free with the intention of selling the animal for a profit. Contra Costa Humane Society http://cchumane.org Berkeley Humane https://berkeleyhumane.org Berkeley Humane’s Clear the Shelters event https://berkeleyhumane.org/NBC-Animals Milo Foundation http://milofoundation.org/index.cfm Hopalong Animal Rescue http://www.hopalong.org Marin Humane Society http://www.marinhumanesociety.org/site/c.aiIOI3NLKgKYF/b.7628477/k.6D56/Marin_Humane_Society.htm Look out for future announcements for our Pit Bull series!! Initial episode should be released around the end of August. If you want to join our animal rescue community and receive two free bonus dog-training resources from Irith Bloom, positive reinforcement dog trainer, go to http://thisispawprint.com/ask. Irith can be found at http://www.thesophisticateddog.com/ All of Pawprint's music is composed by Luke Gartner-Brereton. Luke is a musician based in Australia, and he composes a wide variety of songs and musical loops http://vanillagroovestudios.com http://soundcloud.com/luke-gartnerbrereton If you want to learn more about Nancy and Harold, go to our About Us page at http://thisispawprint.com/about or listen to our introductory podcast episode, "Fifty Puppies and a Podcast." http://thisispawprint.com/000 Pawprint (or Paw Print) is a weekly podcast dedicated to animal rescue, adoption, and the heroes who make it happen. Volunteer, walk, adopt, or foster a dog, cat, rabbit, or other wonderful pet through your local shelter, humane society, SPCA, pound, and animal control. Stop abuse, and help increase animal protection, welfare, and rights.  http://thisispawprint.com http://animalrescuepodcast.com