Hawaiian Humane Society
Newsletter People for animals. Animals for people.
June - August 2015
Humane Society to call Hoʻopili home, D.R. Horton – Schuler Homes gifts land Five acres in Ewa will serve as an all-new center and gathering place to further the Hawaiian Humane Society’s mission – to promote the human-animal bond and the humane treatment of all animals. In April, the Hawaiian Humane Society announced that D.R. Horton – Schuler State Representative Homes has gifted Matt LoPresti, Humane Society Board Chair Rick land in Ho‘opili Zwern, Humane Society as part of its President & CEO Pamela Burns, promise to create State Senator Mike Gabbard, and D.R. Horton – Schuler a self-sufficient Homes’ Vice President community. The Cameron Nekota and Humane Society, President Bob Bruhl. which touches the lives of nearly 250,000 said Cameron Nekota, Vice island residents annually, was President of D.R. Horton – deemed a core community service by Schuler Homes. the developer. The donated land is in a prime location as it sits along the The planning for the design and main thoroughfare of Fort Weaver construction of this second location Road. is in progess. The new campus will serve as a community gathering place “It’s a dream come true for us,” for people and animals. said Humane Society President & CEO Pamela Burns. “We have been “Hundreds of thousands of people looking for a second location since and animals will have better access to 1999. This is the first time in the our services,” said Humane Society nation that we know of in which an Board Chair Rick Zwern. “Our animal campus is incorporated into a second campus will be a place for new community’s master plan.” children to learn about compassion, seniors to volunteer and animals will “The Humane Society’s new be able to get the care they need.” campus at Ho‘opili will enrich our neighborhoods and perfectly Long before it opened its first animal fits with our vision for families to shelter in Kakaako in the 1920s, the have everything needed within Society was first and foremost an reach for rich and fulfilling lives,” education and advocacy organization
in which its core focus was to help people do a better job of caring for their own animals and animals within their reach, according to Burns. “That is still our approach to creating successful communities and we know that programs that keep the bond strong between people and animals reduce the need for sheltering.”
Leeward Oahu Loves Pets Pet ownership has steadily grown with 60 percent of households on the island reporting owning at least one pet. West Oahu residents boast the highest percentage of pet-owning households at 74 percent.