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From: Debbie Donaldrin
Sent: Friday, February 2, 2024 9:52 AM
To: Council Testimony c
Subject: Comments on Animal Control -11
Comments on Dog Issues
I live on Walua Rd on a 7 acre coffee farm. I have a pig fence surrounding the property yet my neighbor has allowed his
dogs to jump the fence to mangle my chickens. Dogs do not EAT chickens they kill them for sport. I have since shot and
killed one of his dogs and he now keeps them on his property. In total, I have shot and killed nine off leash dogs that
were on my farm. No regrets at all,the owners know better.
My farm neighbor cannot afford the approximate cost of$50,000-$100,000 for a tall enough pig fence to keep her
neighbor's off leash dogs away. That neighbor lets his dogs out in the very early AM and his dogs have thus far ripped to
shreds more than 50 of her hens. The dogs are on camera tearing apart a chicken coop and even coming all the way to
her front door. Yet the police will do nothing about it unless they physically see the dogs attack on her property. Video is
not enough for them to even investigate it. Not one visit to these neighbors to even ask them to keep their dogs on their
own property. Animal control is no better. We have hired a hunter to kill the dogs.
A different neighbor allowed his dog onto my friend's farm. We watched in horror as the dog snapped then neck of a
hen less than 10 feet away from us. In the shouting that ensued the neighbor said "I have a gun and you are going to be
sorry." Sounds like a threat to me. The police were called. The officer refused to go up their gravel driveway, not 4
wheel drive just gravel,as he did not want to get his shiny black Charger dusty. He filed a report that made no mention
of the dead chicken or the gun threat. At that time we involved the new police chief who resolved this issue and ensured
that the officer would not do that again. Why was that necessary?
I believe that any off leash dog that is not on the owner's property should be caught, impounded and euthanized. There
have been enough maulings and killings of humans that this issue is far beyond past due to be resolved. Any person who
cares at all about their animals needs to be responsible for keeping those animals under physical control at all times.
Debbie Donald
78-6993 Walua Rd
Kailua Kona HI 96740
Mokulele Farms 100% Kona Coffee
Friends don't let friends drink Kona blends
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