2019 06-25 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – June 25, 2019 MC: We do have washes that our goats’ hooves go inside – we do spray our animals with permethrin cause we don’t want fire ants and other insects going where they don’t belong – but the Rapid Ohia Death – like I tell we do hoof washes as they go through – but that’s a hard one cause we actually helped with that studies with the ohia death and it’s actually an air borne thing – it’s nothing to do with animals. Sorry – I was part of that research that they did cause they actually utilized my animals to see if they would cause any damage. AA: Good, you wash your animals so... MC: The best we can do. Honestly that is very concerning what Abraham just mentioned is taking different creatures – yeah – from job-to-job and we do not want to do that. Cause even like for our own property – we’re fire ant free and trust me we fight to keep it that way so we make sure all our animals and equipment do have the right washings. SM: When they say that the last think that they came out saying that they gonna take out all the hooved animals from the forest because the hooved animals are destroying the – not destroying but marking the trees and that is causing the Rapid Ohia – is false then? MC: I got to watch that on You Tube also cause, you know what I mean, I heard it on the job site and I actually got to see it on You Tube – the scientists on the project mentioning it’s the wind that causes it – cause if you think about it – all it takes is one limb to snap – it can catch it from that. And what they’ve been noticing is the way the thing been travelling is wind patterns that been pushing it all over. So it’s not the animals – cause the Rapid Ohia Death is in forests that they took out all the animals. So the animals can’t cause the problems if there’s no animals in there. So, yeah, that is an air borne thing – it’s nothing to do with animals at all – the Rapid Ohia Death. NP: And the borer beetle. The beetle that bores into the ohia – I think that makes more sense. So you’re saying that with proper management – whether they be domestic herds like yours or wild herds – if they’re managed properly they can completely be of beneficial way of maintain. MC: Yes, and by managing them correct – it will help out our ecosystem... NP: Without herbicide. MC: Yes. The least amount – minimum amount. Cause I gonna be honest – with today’s different plants and all these different viruses and everything we do need a little modern medicines – I guess you could put it – to handle some 12