On May 23, the Hawaii Department of Agriculture and DOCARE officers deployed to the Manoa area after receiving “multiple citizen reports of a large cat in the area,” and photos posted on Instagram by Donovan Luis appeared to show a wildcat. HDOA staff set up two trail cameras on the mountainside in the area, hoping to catch images of the animal.
However, while on site, HDOA inspectors looked at other photos by Luis that were not posted on social media and believe they were most likely of a dog. But the search continued, because they did not see a dog in the area with the same markings as the animal in the photos…