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Murashige, Laura
From: OneWahine [onewahine@hawaii.rr.com]
Sent: Friday, January 20, 2006 8:31 PM
To: counciltestimony@co hawaii.hi us
Subject: New Mandates
I am writing to let you know that as an animal lover, I agree with the following:
Section 4-22, article 4 mandates a 48 hour holding period for impounded stray dogs, but mentions nothing
about cats. Currently the holding period for cats is 24 hours. It usually takes at least 24 hours for an
owner/feeder to notice if a cat is missing. Please request that this 48 hour holding period be mandated for
cats as well
-The redemption fee is proposed to be raised from $10. to $25. You may or may not know that when notified
by the HIHS of the holding of an ear tipped (i.e.nuetered cat), and this redemption fee that we must pay is
hardship enough after the $65,/$50. invested in neutering the animal. Please request that this fee should be
waived for Advocats because we have volutarily and with private (not county) funds and volunteer labor,
undertaken a job which should be under the domain of the HIHS, but they obviously do not have the
resources to do this, and these animals are euthanized unnecessarily because it is the "cheapest" option.
This is a 150% increase in the redemption fee, which comes out of pocket from the person who redeems the
cat and tries to find its rightful owner. We feel the HIHS should be more supportive of the work we do by
keeping the feral population under control with our TNR program and this increase in fee is a "slap in the
face" by one animal welfare organization to another, we should be more supportive of our mutual goals in
reducing the unwanted animal population and this is an adversarial, punitive measure instead.
-Penalties for cruelty to animals which mentions dogs and cats have been raised, that is a good thing.
HOWEVER, Section 4-29, regarding "Injury or poisoning of dogs" should be reworded to include cats as well.
We are well aware of the rash of cat poisonings, the hangings of feral cats which were first poisoned at
Honokohau harbor last year. Cats should be included along with dogs in BOTH measures A and B.
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