Reunion like a paw!
Earlier this week, the Maui Humane Society in Hawaii reunited the cat with its owners after it was displaced by wildfires that hit the area last year.
The cat, named Mahina, was found by the organization after surviving 100 days in the burn zone, the Maui Humane Society said in a post shared on Facebook.
According to the group, Mahi’s family was relocated to mainland Hawaii after a natural disaster, where they filed a missing pet report to find their feline friend. But as they later moved miles away to Montana, they lost hope of ever meeting her again.
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Mahina was recently found by the Maui Humane Society Fire Task Force after safely trapping the animal in the wild, according to a social media post from the group.
The cat’s owners were then identified using her microchip, and as the Maui Humane Society wrote, they were “overjoyed to learn that Mahina survived.”
Still, getting Mahina back to her “Ohana,” the organization said, “took a village,” due to “navigational flights and snow in the forecast.”
But the Maui Humane Society saved and covered the cost of Mahina’s health certificate and travel back to her family, and Hawaiian Airlines and Alaska Airlines ensured her safety during her travels. A “trusted carrier” later helped her as she traveled from Seattle to Montana, the Maui Humane Society said.
Maha’s cat.
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In news, Mahina’s owners told the Maui Humane Society that their pet is “doing very well,” noting, “Now she stays strictly indoors, but since we’ve been in Montana, she hasn’t wanted to go outside because of the snow. !”
“She is a happy kitty and loves playing with her feather toy and watching TV with us… She is so silly and so happy to be home with her parents,” they added.
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