During a protest at Queensʻ Marketplace on the Big Island, two women from Waikōloa were cited by state conservation and resources officers for “prohibited take of endangered species” by putting bowls of cat food on the ground.
The Hawaiʻi Department of Land and Natural Resources estimates there are 2,000 wild goats across 100,000 acres on Hawaiʻi Island. Kanalu Sproat works with the department’s Division of Forestry and Wildlife, which is doing what it can to maintain the animal’s exploding population.
Feral pig damage to public parks and backyard lawns on Hawaiʻi Island is becoming a frequent and costly nuisance. But HPR’s Kuʻuwehi Hiraishi reports this may not be the result of a spike in the number of feral pigs on the island as much as the population’s migration.