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The Hawaiian Humane Society is a nonprofit, open admission animal shelter in Moiliili, Hawaii. Its original mission was to help children and unwed mothers, but in 1935 changed to its current animal focus. It has a staff of 85 people who care for healthy animals and treat sick animals, investigate complaints, teach classes, and adopt out cats ...
Tyke. Tyke (1973 – August 20, 1994) was a female African bush elephant from Mozambique who performed with Circus International of Honolulu, Hawaii. On August 20, 1994, during a performance at the Neal Blaisdell Center, she killed her trainer, Allen Campbell, and seriously injured her groomer, Dallas Beckwith.
Mabel Leilani Smyth (September 1, 1892 – March 24, 1936) was a nursing administrator and the first Director of the Public Nursing Service for the Territory of Hawaii. She was of Hawaiian and Irish-English ancestry. Palama Settlement in Kalihi, where she had been the first head nurse of the program, eventually came under her authority at the ...
Sylvia Dolena, co-founder of Hawaii island's Aloha Animal Advocates, testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday that dog attacks have increased on Hawaii island : 107 in 2020 ; 185 ...
So far, the shelter has taken in over 60 pets rescued from Lahaina and reunited eight with their families. (Maui residents with missing pets can file a lost pet report through the shelter’s ...
The original Hawaiian poi dog were descended from the Polynesian dogs brought to the Hawaiian Islands by the Polynesian people. Genetic studies on the New Zealand Kurī dog indicate that the origin of this dog (and therefore probably the Hawaiian dog) is Indonesia. Referred as the ʻīlio in the Hawaiian language, the modern name of this breed ...
Waimea Canyon. Located on the west side of the island, The Grand Canyon of the Pacific is 14 miles long, 1 mile wide, and more than 3,600 feet deep. For panoramic views of Kauai's dramatic ...
Kaʻahumanu Society. The Kaʻahumanu Society (official name: ʻAhahui Kaʻahumanu) is a civic club in Hawaii formed by Princess Victoria Kamāmalu in 1864 for the relief of the elderly and the ill. The club celebrates the life of Queen Kaʻahumanu and the preservation of Hawaiian culture.