Kitten season is coming…

It takes a village to support the hundreds of abandoned neonate kittens that come to us in need of round-the-clock care every year. Learn more about what to do if you’ve found orphaned kittens and ways to give back through fostering and donating today.

Applications for the 2025-2026 Teens4Animals Council are open!

The Hawaiian Humane Society’s Teens4Animals Council is now accepting applications for the 2025-2026 year. Make a real impact on animal welfare by leading initiatives, advocating for humane treatment, and being a compassionate and empathetic voice for animals. Learn more and apply now!

Take a dog on an adventure—book ʻĪlio Explorers today!

Join our new field trip program! Spend a day with an adoptable dog from Hawaiian Humane’s Mōʻiliʻili or Kosasa Family Campus. Families with children 8 and up can take a dog to explore Oʻahu, giving them socialization, companionship, exercise, and a break from the shelter.

Expand Our Capacity for Care: We Urgently Need Your Help Now!

Hawaiian Humane is beyond our critical capacity for the animals in our care. With more coming in every day, we urgently need the public’s help NOW to adopt or foster to alleviate shelter space constraints.

Visit Our New West Oʻahu Location!

The need has always been island-wide. So are we.

E komo mai to the Hawaiian Humane Society Kosasa Family Campus at Hoʻopili. Learn more about this incredible new refuge for animals and the services it will provide to the West Oʻahu community.

Rehoming and Resources

We understand that situations can arise that may cause you to question whether keeping a pet is the best option for you or your pet. It is our goal to keep pets and people together and we offer a variety of resources and programs to help make that possible for you.

Our Mission

The Hawaiian Humane Society is dedicated to promoting the human-animal bond and the humane treatment of all animals.

Upcoming Events

Pet Adoption Event at Petco Kapolei

Saturday, April 26, 2025

We’re excited to team up with Petco Kapolei to help pets find loving homes! Come see our adoptions team and available pets on Saturday, April 26, 2025.

Dog Adoption Event at Marine Corps Base Hawaiʻi

Saturday, May 3, 2025

Join us at the Marine Corps Exchange on Saturday, May 3, 2025 to chat with our Adoptions team, meet dogs available for adoption, and learn about how you can give back through our ʻĪlio Explorers field trip program, and our Couch Crashers and Lap Crashers short-term foster programs for dogs and cats. 

Pet Expo 2025

Saturday, May 3, 2025 – Sunday, May 4, 2025

Join us at the Hawaiʻi Veterinary Medical Association's popular Pet Expo event! Play fun trivia games for awesome prizes, snag exclusive new merch get custom engraved pet ID tags and learn at our all-new Paws & Learn lecture series!

Stubby

  • CatDomestic Shorthair / Mix
  • Male
  • 7 months old

Fab

  • DogTerrier, Pit Bull / Mix
  • Female
  • 3 years old

Peppercorn

  • DogTerrier / Mix
  • Female
  • 2 months old

Pele

  • DogTerrier, American Pit Bull / Mix
  • Female
  • 4 years old

Snuggles

  • DogChihuahua, Short Coat / Terrier
  • Male
  • 2 years old

Liko

  • DogTerrier, American Pit Bull / Mix
  • Male
  • 1 year old

Riku

  • DogTerrier / Mix
  • Male
  • 2 months old

Domino

  • CatDomestic Shorthair / Mix
  • Female
  • 7 years old

Tstar

  • CatDomestic Shorthair / Mix
  • Male
  • 10 months old

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