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Mitchell, Megan
From: Torun Almer (starfire-sanctuary@hawaii.rr.comj
Sent: Saturday, June 17, 2006 1:08 PM
To: Isbell, Virginia
Cc: Hoffmann, Pete; Pilago, K. Angel; Jacobson, Bob; Safarik, Gary; Higa, Stacy, Arakaki, James;
Ikeda, Donald; Holschuh, Fred
Subject: Opposition to Bill 301, Article 4, Sections 4-19, 4-20
Dear Council Member Isbell,
We are writing because we do not support gill No. 301, Article 4, Section 4-19,
Registration fees for Cats,- Section 4-20, Issuance of registration and tag for cats and
Section 4-21, Proof of sterilization and micro-chip implanting.
If cats are microchipped, the HIHS already has a complete list of ALL microchipped
animals, including dogs, cats, rebbits and birds, in their microchip registry, If the animal
is already microchipped and listed with the HI145, this proposed registration with tags is
totally redundant.
The $4 or $10 fees proposed can't begin to pay for the personnel required to run such a
program. it's fiscally unsound.
Is the county prepared to hire "cat police" to enforce this cat registration or are the
already overworked HIHS staff supposed to do this, too?
Most cats in this county are mousers and ratters, thankgoodness Wearing collars with
tags would make it virtually impossible for the cats to do their rodent-control, jobs.
Rodents have excellent hearing and a cat might as well be wearing a bell as a tag.
Of course, there's the problem of collars on animals outside. Its very easy for a cat to
get caught on obstacles while wearing a collar and people buy the cheapest collar, which is
certainly not the break-away variety. I'm sure finding a dead cat caught up on an
obstacle isn't a pet owner's dream come true and this unpleasant picture will keep many
from bothering with registration and/or collaring their cats. And if they did buy the
break-away variety, they'd be regularly having to get new tags as the tags would be
hanging on the collar that's hanging on the obstacle after the cat isgcne.
Another issue is 7A/R for abandoned cats and their offspring. It's my understanding
that the County Council adopted a resolution some time ago advocating 77VR
(Trap/Neuter/Return (Release) as the only workable and acceptable way to deal with
abandoned cats and their offspring. This proposal flies in the face of that resolution.
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The HIH5 already has in place a system whereby people who desire to have their cats
ID 'd can get numbered tags,
We believe these sections of the bill are ill-conceived for the above stated reasons
We would, however, support that all non-microchipped animals reclaimed from the HIHS
be microchipped and entered into the microchip data base before release to their
owners, at the owner's expense,
Thank you for your consideration,
Torun Almer and David Herchelrode Almer
Captain Cook, HI
6/20/2006