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Lāna`i  Animal Rescue Center (L.A.R.C.) is a 501-(c)(3) non-profit community service organization, founded in 2007.

Our mission is to assist animals on the Hawaiian island of Lāna`i  by providing sustenance, foster homes, shelter, adoptions,  veterinary care, spay/neuter services, and humane education.  

Our volunteers willingly provide hours of feeding, watering, cleaning the sanctuary, grooming, and best of all petting and cooing to the kitties.  The rewards come back ten-fold to our volunteers.

Donations are greatly appreciated and graciously accepted.  These donations, no matter the denominations, help LARC to defray the cost of paying for pet food, medicine and building materials for our new shelter. 

Our "new" permanent shelter was opened in October of  2009.  The sanctuary is a spacious open air 14,000 square foot enclosure.  This enclosure is complete with spacious cubicles for sleeping, "pallet palaces" for hiding, large 8-foot long irrigation pipes for hiding in or chasing each other through and kitty-climbing jungle gyms.  The enclosure also boasts numerous bushes, long grasses for catching zzzzz's under and trees for climbing.  Some of these trees also provide sleeping perches for those more adventuresome felines.  On many a day you can spot up to 6 or 8 cats swaying in the breeze in the crooks of the tree branches.  We are privileged to have a "purrrfect" welcoming committee greet guests when they enter this feline sanctuary.


Our furry friends, the LARC Board Members, volunteers and visitors alike continue to extend a heartfelt mahalo to Castle & Cooke Resorts for leasing us the land!  Without their generosity, we would not be the successful entity we are today.

What's New?

Updated Spay/Neuter Results


Since 2004, LARC has spayed/neutered more than 1,000 homeless cats on our little island.  When possible, we return them to kitty caretakers, or find new loving homes for them.  The truly homeless cats can live out their lives at our"Kitty Kamp" sanctuary.  A BIG mahalo to our medical team of Curtis/Katie/Kelly from Lanai Animal Clinic/Central Maui Animal Clinic and our sponsors  --  the Four Seasons Resorts, Lanai for help with vet accommodations, Dollar Rent-a-Car for the "VET VAN", and Expeditions Ferry.

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LOST & FOUND ALERTS

 Found a cat?

 Lost a cat? 

 Here's a list of our current LOST and FOUND pets

 

We're in the news!!!!

 

 

LARC Shelter is Open!

Our new animal shelter is open!!!!  Thank you so much to everyone who generously contributed money and time to make this a reality.  At approximately 14,000 square feet, our shelter is 10 times as large as our temporary shelter, and includes trees and grass areas.   See the slideshow on this page for photos.

Four Seasons, Lanai "Voluntourism" Program

Planning a stay at Four Seasons, Lanai, and love cats?  Through the "Kokua" (Helping Hands) project, you can visit our Kitty Kamp sanctuary for a "pet and purr" session, or roll up your sleeves for weeding, painting or other projects!  Ask your concierge, or call 808-559-0685 to learn more.

THIS IS FURR-REAL !!?!!

Did you know that in Hawai`i, a female cat can have FOUR litters of kittens per year?  and...

 

Did you know that TWO uncontrolled breeding cats, plus all their offspring can add up to the following statistics?

1st Year….....…12
2nd Year…...…66
3rd Year…..…382
4th Year……2,201
5th Year…..12,680

If you would like to make a donation to help prevent over-population, we would be most grateful. 

You may mail your check to the following address:

 

Lāna`i Animal Rescue Center

Post Office Box 63-1577

Lāna`i City, HI 96763-1577

Telephone:  (808) 215-9066




We are currently featuring our darlings on Petfinders.com  Click HERE to go directly to our home page.

Click HERE to See LARC on KITV/4 News!!


Visitors film the Hawaiian Lions on their vacation...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Js_LMy5tEw