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From its busy shelter in the heart of Honolulu, the Hawaiian Humane Society is a focal point of Oahu's animal community and plays an ever-evolving role as mediator on the changing relationship between people and animals.
For 100 years, the Humane Society has reached out to those who enjoy and employ animals, as well as those people who love and share their lives with them. As an animal welfare organization, the society is also very much a people business; supporting and promoting the human-animal bond, educating young and old, finding solutions to the challenges of a diverse and fast-growing community.
The society's mission—to teach and promote the humane treatment of all living creatures—is a joyful one full of challenges and opportunities. Meeting these challenges is dedicated staff of about 60 who care for healthy animals and treat sick animals, investigate a constant stream of complaints, teach classes, train dogs and groom cats. Their efforts are multiplied by about 1,000 volunteers, who donate time each year.
This is all a quantum leap from the Society's beginning the late 19th century, when its humane officers ventured out on horseback rather than in spacious trucks, their welfare efforts aimed more at work animals than pet cats or dogs. But even then, education was a top priority. In a society where animal information was very basic, it fell to those founding members to raise public awareness about the proper care, feeding and humane treatment of animals. The vision of those early pioneers guides the society's efforts today. And after a century, the Hawaiian Humane Society stands as one of the most respected of animal protection organizations in the country; its programs studied and emulated.
Today, the Hawaiian Humane Society serves as a shelter for homeless animals, a rescue operation, a placement agency, an educational and advocacy organization and a pet care resource center.
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