2022_07_19 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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everybody’s saying I just wanted to come across with that two points because of time but, yeah, I’m not in support of it, and this product should be dispensed in a controlled environment out of feeders and I’m 100% - I put money down – that that lady who is promoting this – she’s not gonna be out there making sure that people aren’t broadcasting this stuff all over the aina, you know what I mean, it starts getting into our water ways, affecting fish, everything in our water systems, and, so, having said that – that’s where I stand – not support and I yield back… AA: Thank you. As T.J. mentioned to keep the redundancy down. If you guys just going pretty much repeat what he just said, just state that you are not in support of Hog Stop verbally – just state your name, so we can move on. We will keep track of how many people is against it so we can move it forward in our County. Next person if anybody else like raise their hand… Please state your name. Aaron Aruso: A’ole Hog Stop. Mark Loando: I represent \[unclear\] Archery Club and I’m totally against this for one reason cause if you go start with Hog Stop – what going be next? The sheep? The goat? What else? We want to stop it in the track right now. That’s our opinion. Thank you. Kiara Lorenzo Rodriquez: I want to say a’ole to Hog Stop. I know some of you got to watch Auntie Tara’s live but I just wanted to go over some key things that Kalu Lucas – one of the main ladies who are bringing in Hog Stop – she said that, she claims that there’s nothing – that it doesn’t affect the water and it’s not getting into our water – but my question to her is how can she account for every single part of Hog Stop put out into the aina – she can’t – and at the end of the day we see our water is rising – we see how much rain we got – obviously, this all of this is gonna go into the aina and then it’s gonna go into our wai and then affect our fisheries, our limu so we have to as hunters, as fishermen come together and say a’ole Hog top. Mahalo. Teresa Nakama: Like everybody else, we’ve researched it and this is a take from one of Hog Stop’s printing on the Internet. “According to Hog Stop the feed itself can affect fertility in other animals and should only be used in recommended feeders to keep birds and other animals out. The Pig Hunters Association of Oahu is skeptical about the feed because they eat what they catch.” And he said, “And I feel that shouldn’t be used because we use the meat for different type of cooking the products,” as stated by the President of the Pig Hunter’s Association of Oahu. But the company said pigs who consume HogStop should pose no additional health risks and what I feel that they’re doing is minimizing the effect which they shouldn’t be stating at all and they stated that the Hawaiians have no relationship with the feral pigs of Hawaii and has no connection to Hawaiian traditions and customs. But, they forget that we do have the story of Kamapua’a – ran away without ever returning to the land. He protects pigs in Kohala, he protects the abundance of Hawaii, but more than anything, he protects the pain of a wounded heart and this is from the legendary story. Other alternatives? And there is such an alternative – like those who do pest control – there’s an Aloha commercial pest control that does professional pig removal. So we should look at other alternatives and a’ole to pig HogStop. Mahalo. 4