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Bethea, Skip From: Gale Sansone [kgmama@earthlink.net] Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 11:01 AM To: Council Testimony Subject: Bill #4 Additional Information for my testimony Subject: FW: >From Gale Sansone Bill 4 Dear Chairman Gary Safarik ~S~ Council Members<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft- com:office:office" Please allow the following testimony from me regarding Bill Number 4 Animals. I have just reviewed Bill No. 4 and have some great concerns and they are as follows: 1) How will this Bill effect current businesses as dog boarding facilities on Ag land? Will this business fall under some umbrella to protect it from any complaints or will these facilities be included in this Bill? 2) Personal Dog owners living on Ag land who have dogs that bark when the pigs run or when people approach the property, how will we be effected? 3) Section 4-25. I think this section should be re-instated. Every effort should be made to solve a problem before the police are called. I will give you an example of when I was living in the city with two dogs. I had a nasty neighbor who hated dogs and he called the police to complain about my dogs barking under his bedroom window all night. The police came to my house and would not believe me until they called my vet who was currently boarding my dogs to confirm that my dogs were not.even home at that time nor had they been picked up as of that time. What protection does the dog owner have from malicious people who file malicious complaints? It is not a simple thing to decide if the barking of a dog is a nuisance or not. It really depends on who is making the complaint as some people complain if a dog barks for few minutes but then shuts up. You cannot expect dogs to NEVER bark. This in fact is one of the reasons why we keep them as they warn of strangers approaching and would be intruders. We are all aware of the burglaries the Big Island is currently dealing with. 4) Section 4-17 Cruelty to Animals. Laws pertaining to loose dogs in the back of trucks should be considered as this is a very dangerous situation to dogs, pedestrians and other vehicles. I know several dogs that have been maimed or killed by jumping out or falling out of moving vehicles. And something that would cover mistreatment of animals kept on short chains, small kennels, unsanitary situations any situation that would be harmful to the animal. ~ Z r! Comm. Ho. 1 Ref. To: ~~w~M~/ Ref. Uate MQR