Paige Cornwell / The Seattle Times (TNS)
SEATTLE — Malie the kitten was dwelling in a foster home on Maui when the lethal fires pressured her foster mother to evacuate, leaving her unable to take care of the 10-month-old cat.
The brown-haired, hazel-eyed kitty was flown with dozens of different felines from Hawaii to the Seattle space, to be taken in by a number of organizations.
Just days after her journey, Malie is now in her new home, as are a lot of the Maui cats who arrived at Seattle Humane final week. All 17 have been adopted over the weekend or are pending adoption, the animal organization mentioned Tuesday.
As Maui residents fled wildfires this month that killed not less than 114 individuals, 1000’s of pets went lacking amid the chaos of evacuations and a fast-moving blaze. The Maui Humane Society estimates 3,000 pets are lacking within the Lahaina space.
A Facebook web page for misplaced and located Maui animals options posts with comparable tales: dogs whose homeowners could not get home earlier than their home burned down, cats that scurried off earlier than their homeowners had no alternative however to flee with out them.
Good Cat Network, a Hawaii nonprofit, has despatched 41 cats to the Seattle space because the wildfires started. The Maui cats have been already out there for adoption earlier than the wildfires, so their transfers have been to make room for the displaced animals on the island who may very well be reunited with their homeowners.
Since Good Cat Network’s inception, volunteers have flown greater than 550 cats off the island, and prior to now 12 days have ramped up efforts, transferring 70 cats to different cities, co-founder Darlene Rayhill mentioned.
Last week, 17 cats went to the NOAH Center in Stanwood and 17 went to Seattle Humane. Seven arrived at PAWS, Progressive Animal Welfare Society, on Monday. At PAWS, six of the seven younger, wholesome cats are prepared for adoption.
Malie was adopted from Seattle Humane by a household with Hawaii ties, based on Good Cat Network. Over the weekend, 71 pets in complete have been adopted, with many potential homeowners initially coming in particularly for the Maui cats.
As of Tuesday morning, 4 cats had been adopted on the NOAH Center, based on spokesperson Sarah Caldwell. The orange 3-month-old Chucky, brown 3-year-old Senator Jasper and black 3-month-old James Bond have been nonetheless out there.
“We count on the remainder will go rapidly,” Caldwell mentioned.
