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dogs ending up in the she~Cer means more cost to the people of this County to support their animal control program. What is the County Council doing to address dogs being poisoned? Years back, 3 dogs in ow neighborhood were poiso ed with Parar{uat which has ao antidote. Thepoison was placed on a piece of steak which ow ¢~og threw up. My dog never left my yard which tells me that the steak was thrown inside my pra~erty. When we lost ow dog, it was just as bad as losing one of yow family members. We felt].so helpless. No one should ever suffer that kind of pain. We were bom and raised ~n the County of Hawaii, have been tax paying citizens of this County at1 ow lives. Now that wg are reaching ow retirement age, ow dogs have been ow family and our way of life. We woulkl never do without them. They are like family to us. We don't want ous la~~s changed to benefit the few complainers of this County. We were bom here, have lived here all ow lives, and wait to continue ow way of life without being told by newcomers to our island that is should be "paradise"---- swaying palm trees, no animals, no pig hunters, and no noise except for the waves, crashing on the seashores. We urge you not to pass Bi114, Draft 5 without having a committee of dog owners, cat owners, and chicken owners wor]{ing together to make a bill more liveable to the lifestyle of ow kamaainas of this Count}j. We also ask that the County Council address issues that will beneSt the majority and not hurt~the local lifestyle. We did not elect you to listen to a few people and change the laws to address only their concerns. Thank you. gjnce elel)r V v~ Sandy T. Sugiyama Diane Kimura-Sugiyama d dOZ=ZT SO dZ ~eW