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From: Cory Harden
Sent: Sunday, March 06, 2022 8:41 PM
To: Chung, Aaron; David, Maile; Kanealii-Kleinfelder, Matt; Kierkiewicz, Ashley, Kimball, Heather;
Lee Loy, Sue; Inaba, Holeka; Richards, Tim;Villegas, Rebecca; Council Testimony
Subject: support Bill 125 - dogs - PRPSC Mar 8
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support for Bill 125 re. dangerous dogs
for Hawai'i County Council Committee on Parks and Recreation and Public Safety
2 PM Tuesday, March 8, 2022
from Cory Harden
Thank you to Ashley Kierkierwicz for introducing this bill.We don't need any more preventable tragedies like the death of
Dolores Oskins.
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In my experience, I know three people with permanent injuries from dog attacks.
One was walking on her own property when two dogs rushed her, knocked her over, and bit her till she had life-threatening
injuries.They broke every bone in one of her hands and it will never heal completely.The County Prosecutor refused to pursue
a case against the owner.
Another person was bitten on the job as a vet assistant. She ended up with permanent nerve damage that causes chronic pain,
and lost her job because she was in too much pain to keep up.
A third was attacked by two dogs while riding her bike,and ended up straddling her bike,with one attacking dog locked onto
one leg,and a second dog locked onto the other leg. She was only saved because a friend fought the dogs off.
For me, I have sometimes had trouble getting home from jogging when a neighbor's dog gets loose and aggressively blocks my
way.
CD
Please support this badly needed bill. Mahalo.
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