HARRISBURG, Pa. — A flight of nearly 100 shelter animals from Florida arrived in Pennsylvania on Saturday following Hurricane Milton, and ten of those animals ended up at the Humane Society of the Harrisburg Area.
The animal shelter has ten cats and kittens up for adoption who were transported to the area following the hurricane after shelters in Florida became too full to hold them.
"It's really important for the shelter, specifically in Florida, to have the opportunity to focus on reuniting animals that have been displaced because of the hurricane," said Amanda Brunish, the marketing director for HSHA. "So what we do is we take in animals that they had available for adoption, and bring them here so that they could be adopted out here to loving homes while they focus on their efforts down south to reunite the animals that have gone missing."
HSHA worked alongside the Brandywine Valley SPCA, which welcomed the animals on a Wings of Rescue flight which carried the animals from the Hillsborough Pet Resource Center and Friends of Strays in West Palm Beach in Florida.
The arrival of the cats coincides with the shelter's adoption special, which sees adoption fees waived for large dogs and adult cats through October 16.
Brunish says the arrival of the cats represents a second chance for them to find a home following the hurricane.
"Considering what they've been through in the past several days, going from one shelter and taking a flight to another shelter, they honestly are adjusting really well," Brunish said.
"They're really, really sweet cats. They're very loving, and I can tell that they're really going to be cats that make someone very happy in a loving home."