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BL: Then the next one, you know I hunt Kaohe. Mauna Kea, I'm up hunter's road a lot
<br /> frequently and I see those cat traps in states of disrepair all the time. Is there a calling
<br /> number or I don't see any numbers on the cat traps where you can say, hey cat trap
<br /> number 12 is completely pau, is there a better system for monitoring those? Or
<br /> reporting that they are done?
<br /> BM: So...the traps are checked once per month by Medford staff, and we do have issues with
<br /> vandalism. So potentially you're just encountering traps that are vandalized, and a lot
<br /> of the traps look pretty gnarly, but they are still effective, so a lot of the
<br /> [inaudible].... are rusty and beat up...they definitely could use some maintenance every
<br /> now and then. And usually like right now is the maintenance period and because they're
<br /> gone in and removed those traps for game dog training, they bring those traps back and
<br /> do the dips and stuff, to make them more resistant to weather. Oh, yeah, if you do ever
<br /> see one, know that they are checked once a month, but you're welcome to send me an
<br /> email if you see something out of the ordinary. I can put my email out in CHAT and you
<br /> folks can reach out. I'll put my email when the chat opens back up.
<br /> NOTE: While no specific "DOFAW" staff reporting cat trap vandalism Hawaii pdf" document
<br /> was found, the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) and its
<br /> Division of Conservation and Resources Enforcement (DOCARE) have clear channels for
<br /> staff and the public to report illegal activities, including animal cruelty or vandalism.
<br /> TC: Taysen Wong Chong District 2-just got a few things...I appreciate your time, first of all, I
<br /> might drill you a little bit,just give you a heads up, it's just a failed department of what
<br /> I'm saying about that, I've been hunting there since the 80's, I grew up here as well, I
<br /> continuous see in R-1 a lots of traps to this day, that have been there like two (2) years,
<br /> that haven't been managed and they still have the poles as well, I have some traps that
<br /> the grass are like three feet (3') grown through the trap, so I don't understand how the
<br /> concept of every month being managed and taken care of, because of there the grass
<br /> takes forever to grow? The biggest problem that I have up Mauna Kea is, how the sheep
<br /> is always blamed on the grazing, but if we have the effort of watering stations and
<br /> continuous filled water stations, which force these sheep to graze on top of these
<br /> Mamane right, that's one of the biggest concerns and effort should be implemented
<br /> ....Like quarterly you said get about forty (40) to hundred and twenty (120) sheep, we
<br /> spend about over twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) every quarter on this efforts, when
<br /> to be honest a lot of hunters, including myself actually got our motivation taken away
<br /> because of these efforts, because of the fact like, why are we going to go up there and
<br /> waste our time, not wasting time, but what I mean by this, in the past twenty years (20)
<br /> you know the decrease of animals, majority is on Hawaiian Homes, ....so...[includible],
<br /> what I'm trying to say is that, maybe some of those effort, even though it is court
<br /> ordered, I always hear court order, court order, court order, I understand that, but with
<br /> the newest data, there can be amendments...I did take a look in different States and to
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