2nd Mongoose Nabbed in Nawiliwili

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This time, it was a juvenile mongoose. Kauai’s invasive species committee has to be hoping the critter doesn’t have many siblings… 

The Garden Island reports:

Following the first live capture of a mongoose by Kauai Invasive Species Committee trapper Pat Gmelin on May 23, a second mongoose, this time a juvenile, was captured on June 29 at the Young Brothers pier in Nawiliwili.

“This capture demonstrated the community effort,” Gundersen said. “The first call came from Ann Kam of the Hawai‘i Department of Agriculture, Plant Quarantine division, who got a call from her husband, Wendell Kam, the Young Brothers Nawiliwili Port manager.”

Nolan Fernandes, at work on the pier, spotted the animal as it ran along a group of containers in the YB holding area.

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