Molokai Ranch

Molokai Ranch, to which the wildlife park belongs, is the largest private ranch on Molokai. Large areas of western Molokai are pastureland, used by the ranch for grazing cattle (its main commodity).

The Great Mahele of 1848, which governed the allocation of land, caused the founding of the Molokai Ranch and at that time it became the property of King Kamehameha V. Later it passed into the possession of the Bishop Trust. Charles Bishop, a banker, bought half the ranch and the other half was inherited by his wife, Bernice P. Bishop, a sister of Kamehameha V. Since then the ranch has changed ownership several times and belongs today to the Cooke family.