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<br /> Page I of 2 <br /> <br /> <br /> i <br /> Mitchell, Megan <br /> <br /> From: Murashige, Laura <br /> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 8:41 AM <br /> To: Mitchell, Megan <br /> Subject: FW: Registration for Cats <br /> <br /> <br /> -----Original Message----- <br /> From: COLIN & ROWENA GOULD [mailto:rocokona@aloha.net] <br /> Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 8:09 AM <br /> To: Higa, Stacy <br /> Subject: Registration for Cats <br /> Dear Council Members, <br /> <br /> I am writing because l do not support Bill No. 309, Article 4, Section 4-19, Registration <br /> fees for Cats; Section 4-20, Issuance of registration and tag for cats and Section 4-21, <br /> Proof of sterilization and micro-chip implanting. <br /> <br /> If cats are microchipped, the HIHS already has a complete list of ALL microchipped <br /> animals, including dogs, cats, rabbits and birds, in their microchip registry. If the <br /> animal is already microchipped and listed with the HIHS, this proposed registration <br /> with tags is totally redundant. <br /> <br /> The $4 or $10 fees proposed can't begin to pay for the personnel required to run such <br /> a program. It's fiscally unsound. <br /> <br /> 1s the county prepared to hire "cat police" to enforce this cat registration or are the <br /> already overworked HIHS staff supposed to do this, too? <br /> <br /> Most cats in this county are mousers and ratters, thank goodness. Wearing collars <br /> with tags would make it virtually impossible for the cats to do their rodent-control <br /> jobs. Rodents have excellent hearing and a cat might as well be wearing a bell as a <br /> tag. <br /> <br /> Of course, there's the problem of collars on animals outside. Its very easy for a cat to <br /> get caught on obstacles while wearing a collar and people buy the cheapest collar, <br /> which is certainly not the break-away variety. I'm sure finding a dead cat caught upon <br /> an obstacle isn't a pet owner's dream come true and this unpleasant picture will keep <br /> many from bothering with registration and/or collaring their cats. And if they did buy <br /> the break-away variety, they'd be regularly having to get new tags as the tags would <br /> be hanging on the collar that's hanging on the obstacle after the cat is gone. <br /> Another issue is TNR for abandoned cats and their offspring. Its my understanding <br /> that the County Council adopted a resolution some time ago advocating TNR <br /> (Trap/Neuter/Return (Release) as the only workable and acceptable way to deal with <br /> <br /> abandoned cats and their offspring. This proposal flies in the face of that resolution. <br /> Comm No. • " <br /> 120 <br /> Ref. T(m PC <br /> Ref. Date <br /> 6/20/2006 <br />