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<br /> Page 1 of 2 <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> Murashige, Laura <br /> <br /> From: Torun Almer[starfire-sanctuary@hawaii.rccom] ZOOS NOU 9 PIS 3 l.6 <br /> Sent: Wednesday, November 08, 2006 5:14 PM <br /> <br /> To: counciltestimony@co.hawaii.hi.us <br /> GUNP r [M <br /> Subject: Bill 258 Draft 3 <br /> Thank you for the opportunity to comment on Bill 258, Draft 3. <br /> <br /> Comments are as follows: <br /> <br /> <br /> Work needs to be done on Article 6. Cat Identification Program. "Section 4-35 <br /> definitions: (1) A collar or tag worn by a cat which includes the current name, address, <br /> and telephone number of the owner,' (2) An ear tag issued by the animal control <br /> contractor- or (3) A microchip registering the owner with the National Computer <br /> <br /> Recovery Network or the animal control contractor. " <br /> <br /> #1- a collar or tog isn't the same as licensing the cat, which you may have read about in <br /> the newspaper, this needs clarification <br /> <br /> #2 - to the best of my knowledge this county does not use ear tags on cats (or dogs),- <br /> colony cats (herein incorrectly referred to as "feral" cats) are ear tipped, not tagged <br /> <br /> <br /> #3 - To the best of my knowledge there is no "National Computer Recovery Network. " <br /> There is the Avid Microchip, the HomeAgainlD microchip and the AKC Companion Animal <br /> Recovery (which uses the HomeAgainlD microchips). That needs to be clarified. <br /> <br /> <br /> "Section 4-36, Identification required. It shall be unlawful for any person to be an owner <br /> of a cat over six months of age unless the person maintains an identification worn by the <br /> cat. This section shall not apply to cats in quarantine and cats brought into the County <br /> exclusively for the purpose of entering them in a cat show or cat exhibition and not <br /> allowed to be at large. " <br /> <br /> <br /> I would like to think this section means that the cat has to have one of the 3 <br /> identifications listed in 4-35. Obviously a collar or tag is worn but I think other words <br /> needs to be used to describe cats that are microchipped or have their ears tipped. It <br /> would be clearer if the first sentence read "It shall be unlawful for any person to <br /> <br /> be...unless the person has the cat identified as described in section 4-35 (collarllD tag,' <br /> ear tipped,' microchipped) It should also be noted that ALL cats in quarantine are <br /> microchipped as part of the quarantine process, although the owners usually do not <br /> understand that they need to register the cat with one of the national registries or _ Z <br /> Comm. No. <br /> Ref. To% <br /> <br /> 11/9/2006 Ref. Date _ 1 20 <br />