COM 0022.070 2004-2006 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home

4/11/05 Hawaii County Council Attn: Stacy Higa 25 AupuniSt. Hilo, HI 96720 Ref.: Bill 4, Draft 5 I'm writing regarding the changes to the animal control laws which are before you. I totally agree with increasing the fines to owners who let their dogs run loose or are a disturbance to their neighbors. Increasing the dog tag is also fine. The price we pay now ($2.10), I'm sure can not possibly pay for the paperwork and tag for 2 years. Seven years ago in Washington State and for the same dog we paid $15.00 per year. So let's support our Animal Control Dept. and up the fines and dog tag charge, this is deftitely needed. What I do not support is the microchips. Have you seen [he size of [he microchip? I have, and they are much bigger than a grain of rice. To move to the State of Hawaii, our dog had to be microchipped. The state sent us the microchip for our veterinarian to insert. The veterinarian we had at the time, would not insert the chip. He said, "he did not believe in doing that to dogs and it was not necessary for any dog to have that done." We had to have that part done by another veterinarian. And after doing so, I had to agree with our regular veterinarian. I said at that time, I would never do that again to an animal. As far as I'm concered, it is crule to do any microchipping Co any animal and definitely not necessary. Just stay with requiring a dog tag. It is visable and everyone can see it. You don't need a special reader, to find out who owns a dog. Microchipping is only as good as the people who turn in the info. You can not enforce it. The only people who will microchip are the legal/ responsible people and they are buying their dog tags. They are not the problem. The unresponsible people will not do this step, as who is going [o enforce it or check up that they have. And if the unresponsible person has a dog that is caught doing wrong, they will just say it's not their dog, or