Lahaina Update

 Maui Humane Society
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On Monday, September 18th our team of trappers went out to Lahaina like they have been every single day since August 9th. They refilled the 75 food/water stations, set traps and then collected those traps at the end of their very late night, bringing all the cats that were trapped to the Maui Humane Society.
On this particular Monday our trapping team brought back a few cats, one of them a distinct-looking white and black female cat. The next morning we immediately started the steps of our Cat Rescue Protocol which involves full (sedated if needed) examinations, deworming, vaccinations, flea/tick medicine and spay/neuter.  During the white and black cat's exam, our staff noticed she was lactating! This meant that her litter of kittens was still somewhere in Lahaina, needing her milk. Our trapping team was informed and they went out that very night, determined to find her kittens.
They searched the area where the mama cat was found, played momcat calling sounds and soon enough, they heard some teeny tiny meows! The kittens were nearby! They traced the sounds of the kittens, they were coming from a small pocket that was under a collapsed cinderblock wall. The team carefully removed each brick by brick and found 3 little kittens! MHS staff met the trappers on the burn zone perimeter to bring the kittens back to the shelter to be reunited with their mama right away.
The family of 4 are now at the shelter. They have shelter, food, water and a safe space. This is just one story of 4 little lives saved out of the hundreds that are currently in our care.
Joy Smith (FieldHaven Feline Center), Karen (PDX Cat Trapper), Jeanie (@fromthebusheswithjeanie ), Yvonne (Maui Humane Society) and Kalea Dean have been doing incredible work caring for and rescuing the displaced cats in Lahaina. Mahalo to all for the support we have been receiving from around the world, we are grateful to be able to tell stories like these.
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