04/18/23 – CAT FEEDING PROTEST RESULTS IN TWO CITATIONS FOR ILLEGAL TAKE OF NĒNĒ

Posted on Apr 19, 2023 in DOCARE, News Releases, slider JOSH GREEN, M.D. GOVERNOR DAWN CHANG CHAIRPERSON For Immediate Release:  April 18, 2023 CAT FEEDING PROTEST RESULTS IN TWO CITATIONS FOR ILLEGAL TAKE OF NĒNĒ  To view video please click on photo or view at this link: https://vimeo.com/819005877 (WAIKOLOA, HAWAI‘I) – Two women were cited by officers from the DLNR Division of Conservation and Resources (DOCARE) tonight during a protest by feral cat activists. About 50 people, some carrying large bags of cat food, showed up in a rear parking lot of the Queens’ Marketplace Shopping Center to protest the property owner’s decision to have three cat feeding stations removed, after being warned by DLNR that cat food was attracting nēnē, the Hawai‘i State Bird. The situation came to the attention of DLNR from concerned citizens. Both women, with Waikoloa addresses, were cited for prohibited take of endangered species (HRS 195-D), after they allegedly put bowls of cat food on the ground. Both women were also informed by a Queens’ Marketplace security officer that they were trespassing and were no longer allowed anywhere on the property. A third woman was issued a warning after being spotted pouring cat food into bowls
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