{"id":215428,"date":"2025-09-10T12:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/215428\/"},"modified":"2025-09-10T12:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T12:02:11","slug":"live-mongoose-captured-on-kaua%ca%bbi-maui-now","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/215428\/","title":{"rendered":"Live mongoose captured on Kaua\u02bbi : Maui Now"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>   September 9, 2025, 6:04 PM HST    <\/p>\n<p>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mongoose-capture-Kauai-Sept-2025-KISC-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-499494\"\/>Live mongoose has been captured on Kaua\u02bbi. PC:  (credit KISC)<\/p>\n<p>A live mongoose has been captured on Kaua\u02bbi, where the invasive species does not have an established population. In a multiagency effort to prevent mongoose establishment, members of the Kaua\u2018i Invasive Species Committee captured the animal at N\u0101wiliwili Small Boat Harbor on Friday morning, Sept. 5.<\/p>\n<p>KISC had deployed 12 traps baited with fresh coconuts along the jetty wall at the harbor on Sept. 4,\u00a0 after receiving reports of a possible mongoose along the jetty.\u00a0The following morning, a juvenile female mongoose was found in one of the traps.\u00a0KISC handed the mongoose over to the Hawai\u2018i Department of Agriculture and Biosecurity, who is working with the US Department of Agriculture \u2013 Wildlife Services to complete an analysis.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>While Kaua\u2018i does not have an established population of mongoose, they are known to hitchhike to Kaua\u2018i from infested areas.\u00a0Mongoose are established on O\u2018ahu, Maui, Moloka\u2018i\u00a0 and Hawai\u2018i Island and are a threat to native ground-nesting birds. <\/p>\n<p><b>ARTICLE CONTINUES BELOW AD<\/b><\/p>\n<p>In a multiagency effort to protect Kaua\u2018i from the devastating impacts of an established mongoose population, teams from KISC, DAB and additional agencies respond to mongoose sightings at high-risk sites. Five live mongoose have been captured since response efforts were strengthened in 2012. The last mongoose caught on Kaua\u2018i was a pregnant female mongoose captured at N\u0101wiliwili Harbor in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Any suspected mongoose sightings should be reported to KISC at 808-821-1490, the state toll-free PEST HOTLINE at: 808-643-PEST(7378) or online at:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/643pest.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">643pest.org<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"September 9, 2025, 6:04 PM HST Live mongoose has been captured on Kaua\u02bbi. PC: (credit KISC) A live&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":215429,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[14895,105419,14896,117778,117325,117779,117780,117781,159,67,132,68,837],"class_list":{"0":"post-215428","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-wildlife","8":"tag-hawaii-department-of-agriculture","9":"tag-hawaii-department-of-agriculture-and-biosecurity","10":"tag-invasive-species","11":"tag-kisc","12":"tag-mongoose","13":"tag-mongoose-kauai","15":"tag-nawiliwili-harbor","16":"tag-science","17":"tag-united-states","18":"tag-unitedstates","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-wildlife"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115179903394959860","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215428","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=215428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/215428\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/215429"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=215428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=215428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=215428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}