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rTV or <br /> COUNTY OF HAWAII :r STATE OF HAWAII <br /> ~h'a:•w.+ <br /> RESOLUTION NO. 134 0'7 <br /> (Draft 2) <br /> <br /> A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR, DEPARTMENT OF RESEARCH <br /> <br /> AND DEVELOPMENT, AND DESIGNATED COUNCIL MEMBER TO COORDINATE <br /> <br /> WITH THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE WILDLIFE <br /> SERVICES TO FORMULATE AONE-YEAR PILOT PROGRAM TO TRAP INVASIVE <br /> FERAL PIG POPULATIONS IN HAWAII ISLAND RESIDENTIAL COMMUNITIES <br /> AND AGRICULTURAL FARM LOT5. <br /> WHEREAS, the Hawaii County Council recognizes the need to address problems <br /> caused by invasive feral pig populations in residential communities and agricultural farm lots on <br /> Hawaii Island; and <br /> WHEREAS, feral pigs have caused severe property damage and crop losses due to their <br /> grubbing and rooting activities; and <br /> WHEREAS, in addition to suffering physical and economic damages, property owners <br /> island-wide have complained that they are fearful of encountering wild pigs outside of their <br /> homes and on their properties; and <br /> WHEREAS, Hawaii Island residents are requesting assistance from County government <br /> to help address the growing problem of feral pigs as County government had done in its initiation <br /> of coqui frog eradication and control programs; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Council recognizes that an organized trapping program in residential <br /> and agricultural communities would be the safest and most efficient way of dealing with feral pig <br /> populations; and <br /> WHEREAS, the Council proposes that this organized trapping program be strictly <br /> intended to address problems confronting residential and agricultural farming cormunities, and <br /> is not intended to trap feral pigs in established hunting areas or forest and watershed reserves <br /> designated as public hunting azeas by the State Department of Land and Natural Resources; and <br /> <br />