Regina DoDaro brings her expertise from roles at the Hawai\u02bbi Police Department and humane societies as she returns as the new administrator of the Animal Control and Protection Agency on Aug. 3.<\/p>\n
Regina DoDaro is returning to the Animal Control and Protection Agency as the new administrator effective Monday, Aug. 3.<\/p>\n
DoDaro, a Hawai\u02bbi Island resident, previously served as the County of Hawai\u02bbi Animal Control Director within the Hawai\u02bbi Police Department from 2021 to 2023. During that time, she oversaw the transition of animal control services from the Hawai\u02bbi Police Department to the newly created Animal Control and Protection Agency.<\/p>\n
\u201cI wish to congratulate Regina DoDaro on her return to the County as Animal Control and Protection Administrator,\u201d Mayor Kimo Alameda said. \u201cShe has extensive knowledge with the issues the agency oversees, and I am confident that her experience, both in the nonprofit and public sectors, and dedication to the community will enhance public safety and animal welfare across our island.\u201d<\/p>\n
DoDaro holds certifications in veterinary technology, animal control and sheltering, animal welfare leadership, and animal search and rescue, including fire and water evacuation response.<\/p>\n
Additionally, she was previously the director of field services and community outreach for the Maui Humane Society and director of operations for the Hawai\u02bbi Island Humane Society. She also served as the former executive director for the Naperville Area Humane Society.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe work of animal control is complex, but our mission is clear: to protect both people and animals while serving our community with professionalism, fairness and compassion,\u201d DoDaro said. \u201cBy listening, communicating openly, and treating every person and every animal with dignity and respect, we can continue to earn and strengthen the public\u2019s trust in the vital role the agency provides to our community.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Regina DoDaro brings her expertise from roles at the Hawai\u02bbi Police Department and humane societies as she returns…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":794122,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[337388,12267,192,217368,4752,337389,79],"class_list":["post-794121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-animal-control-and-protection-agency","tag-animal-welfare","tag-environment","tag-hawaii-county","tag-public-safety","tag-regina-dodaro","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/794122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}