GEORGETOWN, Del. (WBOC/AP) - About 100 cats and kittens were airlifted out of Florida to Delaware on Monday.
The cats were moved from shelters that became full of pets displaced by Hurricane Michael.
The Brandywine Valley Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals teamed up with the Jacksonville Humane Society to relocate the cats to shelters in Delaware and suburban Philadelphia, and possibly elsewhere in the Northeast.
The cats, on a flight paid for by Jacksonville Jaguars' defensive tackle Malik Jackson's foundation "Malik's Gifts," landed Monday afternoon at a private terminal in New Castle.
The animals were taken to the Brandywine Valley SPCA's rescue and rehab center in Georgetown to be evaluated and will eventually transfer out to a variety of shelters and be put up for adoption.
This is the second time in two months that the Brandywine Valley SPCA has helped with disaster relief. In September, they saved 239 animals impacted by Hurricane Florence.