Thousands spent in
recovery of adrift tanker

More than $180,000 was donated
to find and retrieve Hok Get

Hok Get to lie low

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Star-Bulletin staff

The Coast Guard said yesterday that about $100,000 from an oil pollution trust fund was used to intercept the disabled tanker Insiko 1907 as it drifted toward Johnston Atoll and to tow it to Honolulu.

Additional funds, time and resources totaling more than $180,000 were donated to rescue Hok Get, the dog abandoned aboard the tanker when its crew was rescued April 2. Donations include:

>> $48,000 from the Hawaiian Humane Society to charter an American Marine Corp. tugboat in an effort that failed to locate the burned-out Insiko. The Humane Society said that it received donations exceeding $45,000 from people in 31 states, the District of Columbia and five countries.

>> Roughly $20,000 in donated time from American Marine Corp. to continue the search beyond the contract with the Hawaiian Humane Society.

>> About $100,000 from fishing vessels that collectively spent 11 days voluntarily searching for the Insiko, including two days spent by the crews of two vessels in an unsuccessful attempt to coax Hok Get from the tanker; and seven days spent by another ship searching for the Insiko before it was spotted by a Coast Guard C-130 aircraft.

>> $15,000 for a private jet chartered by Regina Kawa- nanakoa to search for the Insiko.

The Humane Society of the United States also contributed to the rescue effort, in part by sending a specialized dog handler to stand by in Hawaii in case he needed to fly to Johnston Atoll to help lure Hok Get from the Insiko.