The shelter is currently caring for about 500 animals, half of which are in foster homes.
PUUNENE, Hawai’i (Island News) — With hundreds of animals in their care, staff at the Maui Humane Society “desperately need” help with fosters to free up space at the shelter.
One of the animals in need of a home is 3-year-old JT, a black pit bull who has been waiting at the shelter for nearly a year.
“Our shelter is incredibly overpopulated right now,” shelter spokesperson Victoria Ivankic shared. “We have zero kennels.”
Ivankic explained the humane society is currently caring for about 500 animals, half of which are in foster homes.
Because of the limited space at the facility, some pets are staying in shelter offices.
“That stretches our team to go through and clean and make sure that they have their food and medication,” Ivankic added. “So that’s why we really need them out of our care and into a home.”
For those who cannot adopt, the shelter’s foster program is free, and they provide food, supplies, medication and veterinary care if needed.
“Really all you have to do is provide your home and transportation to and from the shelter. If they can (foster) only for a week, if they want to foster long term, we will set them up with the right pet that works with their family,” Ivankic said.
The shelter does not euthanize over lack of space, but may consider the option if they cannot place, care for, or rehabilitate an animal due to severe medical or behavioral needs.
“The overpopulation that we’re facing is not a Maui Humane Society problem. It’s a community problem,” Ivankic said. “We really just need everybody to ban together because the alternative is we can’t continue to take in the animals who need us most.”
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