Animal group rescuing stray cats near Kilauea
Maui Mayor Alan Arakawa will hold a public forum Wednesday at the J. Walter Cameron Center Auditorium in Wailuku to discuss the problems that feral cats and chickens cause. Speaking will be wildlife scientists and Humane Society officials.
An animal rescue group is taking in stray cats near Kilauea Volcano on Hawaii island.
The Hawaii Tribune-Herald reported Friday that the nonprofit Hui Pono Holoholona has rescued a number of cats from areas near lava in the small town of Pahoa.
Frannie Pueo is with the group, which operates the Pono Animal Way Sanctuary. She says most of the rescued cats are feral, but she thinks some were abandoned by residents who evacuated the area.
Pueo says she worries cats left behind might not be able to survive.
Lava from Kilauea reached Pahoa last fall. It has since crossed a rural road, burned a house and caused the evacuation of businesses at Pahoa Marketplace.
The rescue group is recovering cats from areas around the shopping center and the Pahoa Family Health Center.
