A Hawaii Goat Has Been Stranded on a Cliff for Nearly Two Weeks

The neighbors heard the goat before they saw it. Residents closest to a cliff in Pupukea, on Oahu’s North Shore, noticed the animal by sound, and it has been stuck on a ledge there for nearly two weeks, according to Hawaii News Now.

The ledge sits on a steep cliff near the Ehukai Pillbox Trail, above a private road where the concerned neighbors live. Kamehameha Highway is the nearest public road, but the goat is not easily visible from it, per Hawaii News Now.

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No one knows how the goat got there. Residents speculate it may have fallen from above or lost its way back after loose rocks fell, the report said.

“It’s almost like he’s asking for our help,” resident Laura Fetzer said. She added that she feels “a little helpless” and wants to give him “some chance of being able to climb down or be rescued.”

Neighbor Laura Figueira said this is the first time a goat has been trapped “that high with almost no chance of escape.” Residents say the cliff looks sharper and more dangerous than the one in a 2024 case, and they are wary of putting rescuers’ lives at risk.

No rescue attempt had been reported as of the Nov. 9 story. Hawaii News Now said it had asked the fire department, the Department of Land and Natural Resources and the Humane Society for comment and was waiting to hear back. Residents are hoping for a good Samaritan or “a group that specializes in this kind of rescue,” Figueira said.

Hawaii has seen this before. In November 2024, a baby goat spent four days on a West Oahu cliff near Waianae. The fire department, DLNR and the Hawaiian Humane Society all said they could not reach it, per Hawaii News Now. Strangers who saw the station’s Instagram post climbed up, used an apple and a drone to distract the goat and carried it down in about 45 minutes.

In July 2025, climbers from Vertical Worx rescued a goat that had been stranded for about a week on a 120-foot cliff in North Kohala on the Big Island, according to UPI. She turned out to be pregnant and was named Momma Mia.

Waiting is hard on everyone, animals included. In Alaska, a poodle-husky mix named LouLou was found alive after 50 hours alone in the wilderness following an avalanche that injured her two companions.

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