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Feeding Pets In Challenging Times
AUGUST 17, 2022 MIDWEEK 5
At the start of the COVID-19 pandem- ic, Pride Mendonza noticed more and more ani- mals being abandoned in the Wai‘anae community with many left in Mākaha Val- ley, Ka‘ena Point and other remote areas. Operating out of a little space in Waiʻanae town, Mendonza and his fam- ily began Waiʻanae Wags in an effort to provide pet own- ers with food so they could afford to keep their pets and reduce abandonment.
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By Elsie Foster, vice president of Waiʻanae Wags
help supplement a pet own- er’s normal pet food supply, Mendonza has been told by several pet owners that their pets would not be eating without their donations. This is especially heartbreaking now that the pet food drives are down to only once a month, if at all.
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Pride Mendonza gets ready to deliver pet food to homeless camps along the Wai‘anae Coast. PHOTO COURTESY WAI’ANAE WAGS
Bank and Hawaiian Humane Society. However, there is a pet food shortage through- out the islands now and there is very little left for the Waiʻanae community. Wags is now separating dog food
It is important to note that Wai‘anae Wags does not pro- vide food for animal colonies or feral cats, and encourag- es people to have their pet spayed or neutered.
Wags has been feeding several hundred pets a month through pet food drives, thanks to a few generous private donors and partner- ships with Hawai‘i Food
bags and delivering them to some of the homeless fami- lies along the coast.
Donations can be sent to P.O. Box 1099, Wai‘anae, HI 96792, or made via PayPal. Call 808-754-7187 or visit waianaewags.com to learn more.
There is a desperate need for funds to purchase pet food for the community. While the goal was just to
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