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HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0283.147 2024-2026From: Chris Lundy Sent: Monday, July 7, 2025 9:22 AM To: Council Testimony Subject: OPPOSE BILL 51 Aloha - I strongly oppose this bill 51 by fining people who feed feral animals on a county owned property. What problem are you trying to solve with this approach to fine people? How do you see fining people for feeding stray cats and dogs better than rewarding people for taking an initiative to either home these animals or support catch, neuter or spay, release programs? Passing a law to penalize instead of foster a positive approach to control the feral population, is destined to fail to solve anything positive, and only divides the county officials and police even more from the people they work for and represent, us as citizens. By penalizing people ,you are sending a message that it's legal to watch animals starve, and illegal to intervene to help suffering animals, and instead, allow feral animals to suffer and die for the sake of the county. That is not Aloha, that is morally wrong and I very much oppose this bill. RM C= Thanks for your time, C- Christopher Lundy Q<� resident and voter in Kailua Kona a Ref. Tc:��- - Ref. Dare—A4-7—L2 1