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are a lot of things that would cause cats to fight (i.e. fighting for food or mating). One question we have is how can you control your dog when you are not at home? We have added that a person found feeding a feral cat and not reporting the stray feral cat to the humane society should get a fine as well. These people are not helping the situation. We have witnessed, many times at Keauhou Bay, an elderly woman feeding the abundance of feral cats there. New Section 4-27 Leash requirement - If a dog must be on a leash then a cat should have to go by the same rules. New Section 4-28 Penalty for permitting a dog or cat to stray - A cat owner should be fined the same as a dog owner. There should not be a double standard. A cat owner seems to have more privilege than a dog owner. In regards to enforcement, a humane society or animal care officer should not be allowed to come onto your property and take the animal without the dog or cat owner present. The officer should also show proof what violation the dog or cat owner has committed. Only after numerous attempts to contact the owner with no avail will the officer have the right with a "warrant" to seize the animal. For safety reasons, we believe that law enforcement officers should also be present when a warrant is served. As an additional note, in our opinion this Bill 4, Dratt 5 was not properly advertised enough for all dog and cat owners to attend all of the meetings in their area. All dog and cat associations should have been notified. It should have been put in the newspaper daily until the meeting dates were met acid radio stations should have been given the meeting(s), date(s) and time(s) to pass on to people who do not receive or read the newspaper. By reading this bill thoroughly it seems this bill is targeted to dog owners solely. The dog owner should not be the sole target. All cat owners should have to abide by the same provisions. We state again that other animals be put into a separate bill and that livestock should have their own bill as well. As a final note, if dogs and cats are included together then the fines should be reduced. One suggestion would be reducing the maximum fine of $1,000 to $500 since dog and cat owners alike will have to abide by the same rules in this bill. We feel all of the violation of fines should go into the spay-neuter and micro chipping special fund and all other needs that the humane society and animal care centers require. Unless those additional monies (i.e. fines) can be shown to the public that it is going toward the humane society and animal care centers "only" then the fines should be reduced. These fines should not be used for anything else other than for dogs and/or cats. The monies from the fines should not be put into the general fund of the County of Hawaii. We hope that you take all of the above and the attached of our "Rewrite of Bill 4, Draft 5" into consideration before making an updated law. -4-