NOAA One Health Pre-Summit Webinar Series – Pono Cat Parents: Caring for cats, wildlife, and Hawaiʻi
In preparation for the NOAA One Health Summit (August 15-16 in Washington DC) we hosted a webinar series to highlight specific health work being done in each of eight NOAA regions. This is the second in a pair of webinars featuring the Pacific Island region. The second presentation, titled “Pono Cat Parents: Caring for cats, wildlife, and Hawaiʻi,” was held on July 25, 2023.
NOAA’s Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center’s wildlife biology and human dimensions staff and the Hawaiian Humane Society: (1) provided an overview of the zoonotic disease toxoplasmosis on the health of wildlife, especially the endangered Hawaiian monk seal (Neomonachus schauinslandi), humans, and cats, (2) illustrated how toxoplasmosis has become part of the controversy around outdoor cat management, and (3) provided an overview of how our focus on common ground allowed us to co-develop the Pono Cat Parents campaign, which we are pilot testing on the Hawaii Veterinary Medical Association website:
Presenters:
Kirsten Leong, Social Scientist, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
Stephanie Kendrick, Director of Community Engagement, Hawaiian Humane Society
Stacie Robinson, Research Ecologist, NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
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