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Meet our 1000th cat flown on Operation Aloha Cat: Wizard!

WIZARD IS THE 1000th CAT WE’VE FLOWN ON OAC! He was lovingly fostered by Linda, longtime foster for Honi Honi Cats Maui and rescuer long before GCN or HHCM existed. Wizard was just too friendly to live at a colony and Linda recognized his potential to be a housecat, so she scooped him up. He loves to watch Cat TV Bird videos and loves to be near people. Huge mahalo to Linda, Honi Honi Cats, Alaska Airlines, and Seattle Humane for helping to crown this sweet boy our 1000th Cat!

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We’re researching how to do small spay and neuter clinics on Maui

FACT-FINDING FIELD TRIP TO THE BIG ISLAND // THE PET FIX SPAY AND NEUTER CLINIC Co-Founder Amber and volunteer Shelley travelled to the Big Island this past weekend to observe and volunteer at the amazing Petfix Spay and Neuter clinic in Hilo on Hawaiʻi Island. They learned a ton, took notes, documented just about everything and were in absolute awe of the team and what they are able to accomplish over the last several years. Good Cat Network hopes to mirror a similar monthly spay and neuter program here on Maui, but will need substantial funding and volunteer help to

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When we lost Aloha Air Cargo, we needed to pivot. Here’s how we continued to fly cats

Question for ya: What do you do when your airline partner of 2.5 years and flown 910 cats with stops flying live animals out of Hawai’i? KEEP GOING. This news presented a challenge like no other we’ve encountered. Our Operation Aloha Cat program, which was built on the Aloha Air Cargo partnership, was turned on its head when Aloha Air Cargo told us in early May that they would no longer be flying cats out of Maui to Seattle as of June 1st. WOAH. We had about six weeks to figure out how we were going to continue on without

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Operation Aloha Cat Flight #55 Powered by Maui Off Road Adventures

Maui Off-Road Adventures was one of Good Cat Network’s biggest supporters last year with a total donation of $5,635.00! This was achieved during the months of November and December, where a portion of their ticket sales were collected for Good Cat Network.  They partnered with Pu’u Kukui Watershed Preserve and offer an Ultimate Adventure Tour which offers one of the most amazing ATV riding experiences ever combined with the experience of helping reforest the land by planting a tree on every tour: a total immersion into Hawaiian culture and pristine nature. So, not only were they helping protect Maui’s fragile ecosystem

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GOOD CAT NETWORK’S 2024 RESOLUTION: BE LIKE SCREWBALL

I met Screwball the latter half of 2017, the year my husband and I bought our first house together. As we walked around the neighborhood, introducing ourselves to the neighbors, Screwball introduced himself. He ran up to me the way one might imagine a carefree golden retriever might: with absolutely no hesitation and a look of determination and joy on his face. I crouched down to pet this dog-acting cat, and he jumped right onto my lap. He was a short-haired blond cat with eyes that seemed to be in a perpetual squint, and distinctive tail all coiled up into a

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Pet Portraits with a Purpose

Maddy of Madelynne Lorraine Photography has been a dear friend for many years, and when we started Good Cat Network she was the first to offer her photography services to us. Most of the portraits you see on our website and social media are from Maddy. She also documented Good Cat Network’s milestones like the day we celebrated 500 cats flown through our Operation Aloha Cat program, the announcement of our partnership with Honi Honi Cats Maui, and to honor special donors like Sara Patton and Gary Thompson. Now she is offering her photography services in the form of pet

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