The Miami Heat and the Golden State Warriors will team up as a rescue superteam to air lift more than 100 pets, who were stored away prior to Hurricane Irma, according to Ira Winderman of the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
Players will help take these pets from local Miami-area shelters to no-kill shelters in Oakland.
The relocation of these pre-storm animals; which will take place with the help of FedEx, is designed to create space in these Miami shelters for animals displaced by this natural disaster.
A FedEx MD-10 is slated to arrive in Miami prior to the rescue airlift with more than $11 million worth of relief for victims of Hurricane Irma from Direct Relief International.




Heat lifer Udonis Haslem and head coach Erik Spoelstra will take on the task at hand on Friday, loading over 100 dogs and cats from Miami-area shelters with the help of team staffers.
“Hurricane Irma has devastated many families and cities that mean so much to us,” Heat president Pat Riley said in a statement. “As a long-time resident of South Florida, I have witnessed the resiliency of our communities; watching neighbors come together to overcome adversity. The South Florida community has supported our organization throughout the years, so it is only fitting that we are there to support and help uplift this community in its time of need.”
These pups and kittens will then be flown to Oakland, where center Zaza Pachulia and rookie forward Jordan Bell, along with assistant coach Willie Green and other Warriors staffers will help unload them into their new homes.