Starting Tuesday night, the Helen Woodward Animal Center will begin taking in 20 orphaned pets rescued from the deadly Maui fire.
In addition to helping the pets find homes on the mainland, the move will also free up shelter space in the hard-pressed Hawaiian animal shelters, a statement from the organization said.
Hundreds of residents lost their homes, and families need temporary places to sleep and the comfort of knowing that their furry family members will be cared for until they have secured their next residence. "The island shelters deal with a crucial issue we don't experience on the mainland," said LaBeth Thompson, Helen Woodward Animal Center pet acquisition manager."Those islands are so small and their populations stay small, too. There simply aren't enough households so their orphan animals tend to stay in the system for a long time. We've been working with them for years to take in island cats and find them happy homes in California.
Alaska Airlines will use cargo planes providing essential supplies to the island to transport the pets back to the mainland over the next three evenings.
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