The Animal Education Initiative of Hawaii (AEIofHI) is dedicated to the teaching of responsible pet ownership to end the cycles that contribute to abuse, neglect, and abandonment. We believe that humane education is the key to a more compassionate world. Our goal is to inspire kids to be kind, compassionate, and responsible pet owners. Through interactive lessons, we demonstrate how pets have feel
ings and needs just like people do to help them understand why we should treat all living creatures with respect and kindness. after the death of her puppy that was purchased from a pet shop, which later turned out to have been supplied by a puppy mill. She contracted the parvo virus from the abhorrent living conditions in the puppy mill and fell ill only days after getting her. She was treated at the vet but ultimately succumbed to her illness within a week. Devastated, Kaitlin learned all she could about puppy mills and that eventually led her to fostering and volunteering with local rescues. Upon seeing the numerous dogs in need for various reasons, she took it upon herself to build a program geared toward teaching kids just like her how to properly take care of their pet to prevent them from ever needing to be rescued. Her program was picked up by a local dog rescue where she continued teaching for 7 years, during which time she won an award, appeared on the news multiple times, and was featured in nationally distributed humane education magazines for her work on the program. Kaitlin, now 13, decided to form her own non-profit organization so she can focus all of her efforts on preventing animal abuse, neglect, and abandonment to spare animals from pain, suffering, or entering the shelter system.
