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IiCl2 1 R~~~ ~+-1-l.licaau. Ila~~aii'~~~4'> <br /> I~clc~hrnic lR(IRl 9$?-if19~ <br /> }~-mail hilodik~a~l.com <br /> Testimony Presented At a Public Hearing On <br /> Bill 4 (Draft 5), Relating To Animal Control <br /> March 10, 2005 <br /> <br /> Mr. Chairman and Council Members: <br /> <br /> My name is Richard Hoeflinger. I am the founder and president of Big <br /> <br /> Island Gun Dogs, an organization dedicated to training upland bird hunting <br /> dogs of the pointing breeds. I have trained and handled dogs in numerous <br /> field trials and hunt tests, and have hunted game birds over these dogs for <br /> <br /> the past 50 years. <br /> I am a past president of Pig Hunters of Hawaii, and have held leadership <br /> positions in other Big Island hunting organizations. I am speaking today on <br /> behalf of both myself and the members of the organization I currently <br /> represent. <br /> In a letter to the Council on February 14,1 submitted comments on a prior <br /> version (Draft 3) of the proposed ordinance amendments. We have several <br /> issues we would like to discuss relative to the current draft: <br /> 1. The proposed bill continues to make numerous references to "humane <br /> society". As we pointed out previously, hunters were subject to <br /> discrimination by the Hawaii Island Humane Society when its director <br /> invoked the anti-hunting policies of the Humane Society of the United <br /> States and refused animal adoption to hunters. We suggested that the <br /> dual reference to "humane society or animal care center" was <br /> redundant, and that the former should be dropped in favor of the latter <br /> generic term. If this is not desirable, then it is requested that a non <br /> discrimination policy that addresses our concern be inserted in the <br /> amended ordinance. I' <br /> Comm. No. 2 • f <br /> Ref. To: P?esedM P <br /> ~ Ref. Uate <br /> <br />