Troy Animal Rescue Project travels to south Florida to help shelters impacted by Milton

TROY, Ala. (WTVY) – In the aftermath of Hurricane Milton, it is not just people who have been impacted.

That is why the Troy Animal Rescue Project travelled to south Florida to help shelters that are still recovering.

TARP director Tiffany Howington took an 8-hour trip to DeSoto County to pick up around 20 cats.

DeSoto is currently under a boil water notice that makes it hard to care for the many animals housed at that area’s shelter.

Howington said being able to do this is a testament that local shelters have been built over the years.

“When you have 60 or 70 animals, boiling water for all of them every day is a task. Best Friends Animal Society was putting together a relief effort for shelters in south Florida. We transport a lot of dogs and cats to these shelters when they are able to take them and when things like this happen, and they need our assistance, they reach out and we are able to assist them in their time of need,“ Howington said.

TARP will provide those cats with food, shelter and love until those shelters in Florida are able to recover.

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