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10 thoughts on “Alaska Airlines Free Hawaii Flights: A Lifeline for Maui Shelter Pets”

  1. Wonderful! We have been blessed to be able to help out the Maui Humane Society during each of our (39) trips over to the island. We regularly give donations to help out with these poor little souls. We received an email about Wings of Aloha and signed up for this year’s return. In addition we will be volunteering to give a helping hand to the overtasked staff, while we are on island next month. We also put out a collection jar to encourage our patients to add to our donation…it is going to be a joy to give the money when we arrive.❤️🐕 We have two good used beagles and encouraged others to consider doing the same. Our girls are living their best life, at 7 and 2 they fill our home and hearts with unconditional love.❤️🐕

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  2. This isn’t a new program it’s been going on for years and should be stopped.

    In California, Oregon and Washington 10’s of thousands of abandon unwanted pets, mostly cats and dogs are euthanized annually, yet for some reason shipping pets over from Hawaii is a good idea.

    Our shelters on the west coast are brimming with adoptable pets, they have limited resources house and feed these animals.

    Please visit your local shelter before adopting a Hawaiian cat or dog.

    Hawaii needs to quit dumping their pet over population issue on others.

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    1. Let’s be real… The problem is not The islands dumping to the mainland. The problem is puppy mills and uncontrolled overbreeding. Please spay and new to your pets and support spay and neuter clinics. Mahalo

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  3. My friends and I hosted 9 cats from Kauai Humane Society a few years ago on Alaska similar to this. It was so easy for us on both ends of the trip. We were thrilled to find out that in a week all the cats found homes in the Portland area.

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  4. What a fantastic program to help Maui’s homeless animals. According to the Maui Humane Society website they are still caring for over 200 rescued cats from Lahaina! I hope many people flying out of Maui will take advantage of this provision to help these pets find loving homes.

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  5. Good for Alaska!!

    I expect the kind of folks who will volunteer their time to bring an adoptable pet to the mainland will probably ultimately fall in love with the dog or cat, and give them the home they deserve.

    “I went to Hawaii and came home with this cat!” Win-Win.

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