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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> June 19, 2006 <br /> To: Mayor Kim, Chair Hige, and County Council Members: <br /> <br /> I Oppose Bill 301 - An ordinance amending Chapter 4, of the Hawai'i County Code 1983, (2005 <br /> Edition), Animals. <br /> I cannot believe council has the time and nerve to introduce Article 4, Cat Registration, in Bill <br /> 301, in our lovely, rural island community. What on earth could Jacobson be thinking when he <br /> put forward this article. This is purely nonsense. <br /> Cats are companion animals and are part of our families. People living here on the island <br /> struggle working two and three jobs to make ends meet. Now you are asking them to pay a fee <br /> to keep their pet "a beloved member of their family' Cats are vitally therapeutic for the elderly as <br /> verified by the fact that most nursing and retirement homes allow seniors to have a cat in their <br /> unit. The elderly are on a fixed income. <br /> Many families love having the cats at their homes, ranches, farms, and places of business for <br /> rodent control. Can you imagine not having cats to control the rat and rat off spring population, <br /> Tell me folks, would you rather have a well controlled (spayed and neutered) colony of cats in <br /> your neighborhood or have rats chewing the wires in your car, eating the food in your pantry, <br /> chewing through your screen doors or scampering through your bedroom at night while you are <br /> sleeping. <br /> Why would you limit people to having only 4 pets per household. This is America. I thought we <br /> were still a free country. Next thing you will be introducing legislation to limit the number of <br /> children families can have. <br /> Lastly, collars on outdoor cats is inhumane and abusive. The safety of the cat is jeopardized <br /> when you use any form of collar. Tags can get caught on fences, lava rocks, under brush and <br /> bushes which can result in the cat being strangled. Our island terrain puts them in extreme <br /> harm's way. <br /> I cannot believe any council member with common sense would ever want their name attached to <br /> this senseless Bill, in particular Section 4-19, Registration Fees for Cats. Be wise and delete it <br /> immediately. <br /> <br /> <br /> Judy Kocon <br /> 76-6246 Alii Drive <br /> Kailua-Kona, HI <br /> 329-3902 <br /> <br /> 4'> <br /> ."l C <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> ~J <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Comm. 1 ~7.1 <br /> Ref. To: r <br /> Ref. Date <br />