TORONTO – Over 80 pets in need of homes after the Oklahoma City tornado last week are up for adoption.
Several employees from the Palm Beach County Humane Society traveled to Oklahoma City to bring animals in need of shelther back to Tri County Humane Society in Boca, Florida. The animals were left homeless after a EF5 storm struck several suburbs in Oklahoma City on May 24, killing 24 along its path.
According to the Tri County Humane Society Facebook page, 64 dogs and 16 cats were rescued. Workers from the Humane Society traveled in two vans from Palm Beach County to Oklahoma City, back to Boca for the 22-hour road trip.
View photos of the rescued animals below.
Dogs rescued from the ruins after a deadly tornado struck near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma are seen as they are cared for at the Tri County Humane Society in Boca Raton on May 30, 2013 in Boca Raton, Florida. (Photo credit: Getty Images)
Employees from the Palm Beach County Humane Society traveled from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Boca Raton, Florida, to clear space in shelters for animals rescued from the tornado wreckage. (Photo credit: Getty Images)
Melissa Lipman, a veterinarian technician volunteer, cares for a dog at the Tri County Humane Society in Boca Raton after the dog was rescued from the ruins caused when a deadly tornado struck near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma on May 30, 2013 in Boca Raton, Florida. (Photo credit: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)
Dogs rescued from the ruins after a deadly tornado struck near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma are seen as they are cared for at the Tri County Humane Society in Boca Raton on May 30, 2013 in Boca Raton, Florida. (Photo credit: Getty Images)
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Employees from the Palm Beach County Humane Society traveled from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Boca Raton, Florida, to clear space in shelters for animals rescued from the tornado wreckage. (Photo credit: Getty Images)
Employees from the Palm Beach County Humane Society traveled from Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, to Boca Raton, Florida, to clear space in shelters for animals rescued from the tornado wreckage. (Photo credit: Jim Rassol/Getty Images)
Vladimir Delva, a veterinarian technician, washes Duke a dog rescued from the ruins after a deadly tornado struck near Oklahoma City, Oklahoma at the Tri County Humane Society in Boca Raton on May 30, 2013 in Boca Raton, Florida. (Photo credit: Getty Images)
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