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rage r of Mitchell, Megan From: Murashige, Laura Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 8:39 AM To: Mitchell, Megan Subject: FW: Bill No. 301 ----Original Message----- From: Anita Broennimann [mailto:anita r@i broennimann.us] Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 11:17 PM To: Higa, Stacy Subject: Bill No. 301 Dear Council Member Stacy Higa, We are writing to you because we do not support Bill No. 301, Article 4, Section 4-19, Registration fees for Cats; Section 4-20, Issuance of registration and tag for cats and Section 4-21, Proof of sterilization and micro-chip implanting. The HIHS already has a complete list of ALL micro chipped animals, including dogs, cats, rabbits and birds, in their microchip registry. If the animal is already micro chipped and listed with the HIHS, this proposed registration with tags is uncalled-for. Most cats in this county are mousers and ratters, thank goodness. Wearing collars with tags would make it virtually impossible for the cats to do their rodent-control jobs. Rodents have excellent hearing and a cat might as well be wearing a bell as a tag. We do not support the use of a collar on any cat. Finding a dead cat caught up on an obstacle because of a collar would brake any a pet owner's heart and therefore would keep many from bothering to register and/or collar their cats. Should the cat wear a breakaway collar, pet owner's regularly would have to get new tags, as the tags would be hanging on the collars left behind. Another issue is TNR for abandoned cats and their offspring. It's my understanding that the County Council adopted a resolution some time ago advocating TNR (Trap/Neuter/Return (Release) as the only workable and acceptable way to deal with abandoned cats and their offspring. This proposal flies in the face of that resolution. Here is were the County Council should put real thought to it and perhaps support a MONTHLY FREE SPAY AND NEUTER CLINIC. This would certainly be much more economic than hire personnel to go after abandoned and feral cats. We believe these sections of the bill are ill conceived for the above stated reasons. We would, however, support that all non-micro chipped domestic animals reclaimed from the HIHS be micro chipped and entered into the microchip database before release to their owners, at the owner's expense. Thank you for your consideration, Erich A. and Anita Broennimann Comm. No. 1 • Ref. To: P Ref, Uate _ 6/20/2006