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Maui Now: PetHub Announces Partnership with Maui Humane Society
PetHub, Inc. announced it has partnered with Maui Humane Society to launch a new dog license and ID tag program to keep pets safe and increase the number of lost animals reunited with their owners.
Hawaii News Now: Maui Humane Society has capacity for 40 dogs. They’re caring for 120
Help is desperately needed at Maui’s only animal shelter. Officials at the Maui Humane Society say it is overcapacity — more than ever before. They even have signs up at the entrance saying, “WE ARE FULL.” “We are asking the community to come and foster animals as soon as they can. What we need is animals to get out of the kennels. We don’t have any open kennels right now, which means any animal coming in, we don’t have space for,” said Katie Shannon, Maui Humane Society director of marketing.
The Maui News: Humane Society seeks foster help
The Maui Humane Society is urgently requesting the community’s help to provide temporary homes for dogs as on Tuesday it had 120 dogs in their care and the kennel has a capacity of only 40, a news release said.
Hawaii News Now: Overcrowded Maui Humane Society in urgent need of foster homes
Maui Humane Society has put out an urgent request to the public to help find temporary or permanent homes for its dogs as it’s currently over capacity. Officials said 30 “SOS Fosters” are needed immediately to help free up space.
MauiNow: Urgent need for fosters: 120 dogs at Maui Humane Society, but capacity is for only 40
Maui Humane Society is urgently requesting the community’s help to provide temporary homes for dogs. Maui Humane Society currently has 120 dogs in their care and has kennel capacity for 40 dogs. Dogs are being paired in kennels to make additional space. 30 SOS Fosters are needed immediately to help decrease the dog population at the shelter.
Maui Humane Society Signals the White Flag: SOS Fosters Needed Immediately as Shelter has Zero Open Kennels
Maui Humane Society is urgently requesting the community’s help to provide temporary homes for dogs. Maui Humane Society currently has 120 dogs in their care and has kennel capacity for 40 dogs. Dogs are being paired in kennels to make additional space. 30 SOS Fosters are needed immediately to help decrease the dog population at the shelter.
Hawaii Public Radio: Maui Humane Society distributes QR code tags to help relocate pets
Maui Humane Society reportedly receives about five lost pet claims every day. That’s upwards of 1,800 lost dogs at Maui’s shelter a year. To curb those numbers, the nonprofit has partnered with PetHub, a modern pet identification system out of Washington state, to distribute specialized pet tags that owners can add to their animal’s collar.
KITV4: Maui Humane Society launches a mobile adoption and donation event
Maui Humane Society and Down the Hatch is hosting an event for pet-lovers to get play with their lovable animals and possibly take home a forever friend. The mobile adoption and donation event will be at the Maui Community at Down the Hatch on Saturday, April 15, from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m
KITV4: From doghouse to penthouse: fundraising for Maui Humane Society’s Wags to Riches Event
There is still time to fundraise for Maui Humane Society’s Wags to Riches event! The event is back for its third year and encourages the community to raise funds for Maui’s homeless animals. The people who fundraise the most will get to stay at a luxury resort on Maui and will be accompanied by a shelter dog from the Maui Humane Society on April 29th. The top fundraisers will be announced on April 28 at noon.
KHON2: Maui Humane Society uses PetHub to ensure your pet comes home
For Maui dog owners who recently received their new 2023/2024 dog license in the mail, the digital tag must be activated online. “The amount of stray dogs that we have enter our shelter every single day is unbelievable. It’s just every animal wearing a collar with some type of ID we would immediately be able to reunite them with their family,” said Jennifer Goguen, Maui Humane Society.
KHON2: Chance to spend a night at luxury resort for a good cause
HONOLULU (KHON2) — The Maui Humane Society’s Wags to Riches is back meaning you can help send a shelter pup from a doghouse to the penthouse.
KHON2: Lack of pet-friendly housing leaves Maui owner on street
Finding affordable housing is tough enough and adding a dog to the mix makes it a whole different issue. It is such a problem that some have turned to living in their cars to keep their animals due to a lack of pet-friendly housing.