HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0937.002 2004-2006
Murashige, Laura
From: Decaf deepa [deepa@konajoe.com]
-Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 4:32 PM
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: Opposing Bill 301 Cat Registration, Article 4. Section 4-19
1 deepa Alban do not support Bill No. 301, particularly Section 4-19,
Registration fees for Cats, Section 4-20. Issuance of Registration and tag
for cats. Section 4-21 Proof of sterilization and micro-chip implanting.
By using any form of collars, these animals would not be able to hunt down
rats successfully. Also any form of collars with or without tags will
jeopardize the safety of cats in their natural environment. They will get
hooked up on just about everything. If the pig hunters on record stated they
take their dog collars off because of the terrain, then it doesn't make
sense to put cats in harms way since they are lower to the ground then the
average dog, and would get hung up much to easy in the lava rock, fern, and
general overgrowth. Also, it was necessary to own a cat to get after the rat (
overpopulation. I thought common sense, and people that truly care about
keeping animals safe and out of harms way, would see that cat collars are = r
brutal for the type of terrain this island is made up of. Limiting people
to only 4 pets per household is ridiculous, this is still a free country.
Thank you
deepa
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