Anticipating an influx of lost, sick and injured pets over the New Year’s Eve holidays, Maui Humane Society urgently seeks foster homes with 200 animals currently eligible to be placed. Anticipating the surge of lost and/or injured pets being brought in, MHS is asking the community to “step up and foster animals now, to provide a safe haven and allow space for the influx of incoming pets in need.”
Ahead of New Year’s celebrations, the Maui Humane Society is urging the public to help them foster some of its animals. There are about 200 animals at the humane society that are eligible for foster, and because there is no space, facility workers say some of the dogs sometimes have to sleep in office spaces. January second is the busiest day of the year for the humane society, which reported it receives an average of 33 lost pet reports between New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day each year.
“A lot of times when I talk to my friends about fostering, they’re like, ‘Oh, but I work all day, I would never be around,’” said Rotondo. “One thing I gotta say is, you working eight hours a day and that dog maybe being home for eight hours a day is so much better than being locked in the kennel 24 hours a day.” In addition to animal lovers, the Rotondos are also landlords who allow pets. They say it is important to do so and encourage other landlords to do the same.
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. Because of the limited space at the facility, some pets are staying in shelter offices. For those who cannot adopt, the shelter’s foster program is free, and they provide food, supplies, medication and veterinary care if needed.
Nearly one year after Lahaina wildfires, MHS is in need of the same community response as August 2023, foster families.
Come on, come all! Maui Humane Society invites you to our Kitten Shower! Join us TOMORROW, Saturday April 13th as we kick off kitten season with a Kitten Shower! From 11am-1pm you can meet kittens, learn about fostering and participate in kitten games! Come and meet...
PUUNENE (HawaiiNewsNow) - The Maui Humane Society is begging for help: They have more than 600 animals in their shelter and zero space to care for them all. They are asking community members to open up their homes and their hearts. “In my experience, this is the worst...
The Maui Humane Society has more than 600 animals in their care, including 145 in foster homes, and nearly 300 are cats that survived the Aug. 8, 2023 wildfire.
“We have zero kennels available, and we need your help,” organization leaders said in a newsletter update.
Maui Humane Society is urging its community’s animal lovers to foster a pet now in an effort to clear space for incoming lost, sick, or injured pets who are expected to arrive as a result of New Year’s fireworks.
The holidays may be over, but the season of giving back never ends as Maui Humane Society looks for animal lovers to foster a pet in order to make space for incoming animals.
