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Murashige, Laura
From: Christe Edwards [yachtwindrunner@yahoo.com]
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 7:31 AM
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: Bill 301
I urge you all again to fax a letter - that states We, Christe Edwards and Martin Dwyer, 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 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.
Even though this letter was drafted by someone else, we both agree with the views expressed. I would
never put a collar on my cat.
Sincerely,
Christe Edwards
Martin Dwyer
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