2013-06-17 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – June 17, 2013 for what is wildlife and when they started out – they started out saying it is said to mean, you know, any member of a non-domesticated species of animal kingdom and game mammals and game birds living in the wild in non- domesticated state and at the Kailua-Kona meeting, the public meeting that I went to on March 28, it was brought to them – who’s the [unclear – sounds like “stet”] who’s this entity? And they couldn’t give a definitive answer. But, nevertheless, if you talk to the DLNR’s – the department’s biologist – I have in the past and they consider wildlife as every animal kingdom/species whether domesticated at one time or not – which is born in habitats in the wild, period. And, I know there’s people that speak to me that they’re are opposed about this language because it gives DLNR the right to chose what lives and dies, at their discretion. And who, and the way of their wording. Another subject matter in this 13 - 124 is the crop damage nuisance and threat to human health and safety permits. They’re basically giving the department the authorization, without public input, to take action however they need to see put. And that’s a problem I hear from the public. But number one is the penalty issue – that they want to amend this 124 with – the public’s up-in-arms with – they don’t even enforce the laws that are on the books right now – and now they’re adding more penalties and heavier penalties directed to indigenous, injurious, and introduced wildlife. There’s also talk with this amendment change – the 124 – they have an exist list – and it lists the injurious wildlife in Hawaii. And the public – at the th meeting in Kona on March 28 and you hear talk on the street is – they want to know who specifically in the department decides which species are injurious wildlife. And they really won’t give a specific person – they just say the th department. And it was also put to ‘em on March 28 and you hear people talking about it on the streets - why are not wild cats included on this same list? And, the department representatives at the time – at the public hearing on March th 28 – responded by saying that cats are not considered wildlife. And it’s common communication between the hunters in the district that I live in – District 9 – that wild dogs and wild cats are a detriment to our natural resources and why aren’t they included on this injurious list. And lastly, I’ll let someone else jump in here, but there was issues brought up with this amendment change on 124 is – they included doves and pigeons as injurious wildlife. And there was a gentleman named William Isaac that stood up and gave th public testimony on March 28 in Kona regarding the 16