Rescue Pets Touch Down In Morris Co., Looking For Love On Valentine's Day

MORRISTOWN, NJ — Dozens of shelter pets on a flight from New Orleans touched down at Morristown Airport on Wednesday, in search of a loving home on the East Coast.

The Valentine's Day-themed flight included more than 60 dogs and around 15 cats who will eventually be put up for adoption, according to the charity that organized the flight. Some of the animals will go to St. Hubert's Animal Welfare Center in Madison, while others will be taken to organizations in Pennsylvania and New York.

Greater Good Charities organizes the transport of at-risk and vulnerable shelter pets through the Good Flights program, where they can find a new loving home.

All pets on the flight are fully vetted and health-certified through the Good Flights program, the charity said. These animals came to Morristown from shelters in Louisiana, and from one in Alabama.

Good Flights focuses especially on "homeless cats, asymptomatic heartworm-positive shelter dogs, disaster relief, and harder to place large dogs," the charity said.

The other shelters who are taking in animals include Char-Wills German Shepherd Rescue in eastern Pennsylvania, and Animal Haven in New York City.