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Source: Huffington Post
Most people visit Hawaii looking to spend long, lethargic hours on white sand beaches drinking bottomless mai tais.
Cat people, on the other hand, might have a more cuddly option in mind.
On the small island of Lanai, a little-known slice of feline heaven called the Lanai Cat Sanctuary is home to 495 cats. People fly from all over the world just to hang out with them.
Though theres a boundary surrounding the 25,000 square foot property, there are no cages within the main area of the sanctuary. The cats ― or Hawaiian Lions, as the sanctuary calls them ― have large huts and trees to climb on, patches of grass on which to sun themselves and all the human attention they could ever want.
I call it the Furr Seasons, executive director Keoni Vaughn told The Huffington Post. Its 25,000 square feet of open-aired space for the cats to run around and play in, so theyre just kind of relaxing and chilling.
The sanctuary is open to the public for a few hours every day, and it has become a tourist destination in its own right. For humans with an affinity for felines, its worth a trip to Lanai in and of itself.
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/hawaii-lanai-cat-sanctuary_us_57a27f62e4b0e1aac914bb70
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Lanai Cat Sanctuary Homepage:
http://lanaicatsanctuary.org/
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Lanai Cat Sanctuary FB page:
https://www.facebook.com/LanaiCatSanctuary/
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This cat sanctuary on Lanai has become Hawaii's most surprising travel destination
Source: Hawaii Magazine, Jul 1 2016
Carroll is known as The Cat Lady. She feeds and houses 425 cats as the founder of the Lanai Cat Sanctuary. I never thought I would be, she says of her feline title and second careerher background is in science. But I embrace it.
Read more: http://www.hawaiimagazine.com/content/cat-sanctuary-lanai-has-become-hawaiis-most-surprising-travel-destination
RKP5637
(67,111 posts)tblue37
(65,409 posts)Fortunately, I have four delightful house panthers of my own, including one who actually looks like a miniature black panther (and yes, I know that is readily a melanistic leopard I refer to, not a "black panther" but you know exactly what I mean so just stahp).
sakabatou
(42,158 posts)calimary
(81,322 posts)We have three kitties. And one dog. The dog is "managed" by one of the kitties.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)Or, it used to be.
XemaSab
(60,212 posts)Both the cats *and* the wildlife are safe!
mopinko
(70,135 posts)when i was there a couple years ago on oahu, we saw a parking lot that must have had a couple hundred cats lounging around.
they have done a real number on the bird populations there, especially the ground nesting seabirds.
the predator proof fencing around the sanctuary there looks like something around a prison.
shenmue
(38,506 posts)ailsagirl
(22,897 posts)I don't know who gets more out of it-- the cats or the people!
Thanks for posting!
Still In Wisconsin
(4,450 posts)I LOVE big orange tabby cats!
rusty quoin
(6,133 posts)We just rescued our fourth. She is so cute she walks on our faces while we sleep.
This cat sanctuary only helps in their takeover of the world.
undergroundpanther
(11,925 posts)And help out and be with the cats until I die.
jpak
(41,758 posts)yup
ryan_cats
(2,061 posts)Ahhhh! So much cute!
niyad
(113,364 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)(Much love, kitties! Meow!)
Is the Cat Lady single?