Included under this umbrella are the cats some previously referred to as 'feral,' those who have been lost or abandoned, and cats who might receive food and intermittent care from one or more residents in a community. It said cat food is not a natural part of the nene diet, and eating at the feeding stations habituates nene to people and makes them reliant on the provided food.The ASPCA uses the term 'community cats' to encompass any unowned cat. The department earlier this month sent a letter to Alexander & Baldwin, the owner of Queens’ Marketplace Shopping Center, saying nene had been observed eating food from the feeding stations and spending time among the felines there. Marketing research commissioned by the Hawaiian Humane Society in 2015 estimated Oahu alone had 300,000 feral cats. Stray cats have no predators in Hawaii, and their numbers have ballooned. The nene geese are listed as an endangered species under Hawaii state law and a threatened species under U.S. Some protesters were carrying large bags of cat food, the department said in a news release. The state Department of Land and Natural Resources said it issued the citations on Tuesday while about 50 people were protesting a decision by the shopping center’s owner to remove three cat-feeding stations. HONOLULU (AP) - State authorities have cited two women for allegedly harming nene - an endangered species of geese native to Hawaii - by feeding feral cats in a Big Island shopping center parking lot.

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