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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – October 24, 2016 EC: Just to be clear – the, the, the thing that we’re setting up is something that people can utilize to plan out their next actions. I think it’s the ongoing dialogue with the land managers. This isn’t mandating that folks do – do specific types of actions – but it’s going to be the ongoing dialogue that is, is currently happening or needs to happen with different land managers that’s going to be part of what – where I think the input is. This is, this isn’t mandated – the key thing of this is – we want to have – essentially mandated – that everybody knows what are the pros and cons of the tools being selected. NP: I understand that one of the tools in your tool box is the good nature A-24, um, rat trap. Which one of you can explain to the audience what that tool in the box, um, is? EC: Sure. TL: Hand on a second – I want to get back to one thing though... You want to address that? WJ: Yeah, um, so, I understand what you’re saying as far as having the tools there – but then, what – I think what scares the hunters and what scares not even just the hunters – is that who’s gonna monitor – you know, you say this particular land manager might want to use it here or this one might not – but who keeps an eye on the land managers? I mean it’s pretty simple to say that, you know, if you’re managing this one area you’re gonna, you’re gonna – most time people are gonna try to use the simplest thing and the simplest thing is just to throw a bunch of rat bait out there... EC: Well... WJ: And then, I mean, it almost seems like we’re beating this dead horse because there’s been a lot of – there’s already been a few tragedies here. We all know about them. How many more tragedies do we need to have? How many more Keauhou Ranches do we need to have? PC: Well, I... WJ: You know, you read the report – the report is very sugar-coated. They say thirteen pigs – that’s the only thirteen that maybe Tawny saw herself. There was a lot more than thirteen pigs that died on that project. How many, you know, I mean, how many times do we need to continue going through... PC: Well, that’s... 25