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Mitchell, Megan
From: Murashige, Laura
Sent: Tuesday, June 20, 2006 8:26 AM
To: Mitchell, Megan
Subject: FW: NO on Bill #301 Registration Fees for Cats, et. al
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From: Aven Wright-McIntosh jmailto:aven cilkonacomputers.coml
Sent: Monday, June 19, 2006 4:53 PM
To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us
Subject: NO on Bill #301 Registration Fees for Cats, et. al
1, Aven Wright-McIntosh, of Kailua Kona, 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.
NO on Bill #301, especially Sections 4-19, 4-20 and 4-21.
Thank you.
Aven Wright-McIntosh
73-4540 Hawaii Belt Road
Kailua Kona HI 96740
Comm. No.
Ref. To. Rej, Date •J
6/20/2006