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COUNTY OF HAWAII STATE OF HAWAII
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RESOLUTION NO. 707 16
A RESOLUTION URGING THE 2017 HAWAII STATE LEGISLATURE TO PREVENT
ANIMAL CRUELTY BY PROHIBITING THE UNSAFE TETHERING OF DOGS.
WHEREAS, the improper use of tethers on dogs can cause deficiencies in meeting the
physical and behavioral needs of dogs and lead to injury or death. Tethers can become tangled
or caught resulting in a risk of strangulation. They are sometimes very heavy or short, or both,
limiting a dog's mobility to a small area that also may be the site of the dog's own waste; and
WHEREAS, there continue to be reports of improper tethering by dog owners in this
state; and
WHEREAS, the Council believes, that to ensure that dog owners care for their dogs in a
safe and humane manner using best practices in the tethering of their dogs, current state law on
this subject, found in paragraph 711-1109(1)(g), Hawaii Revised Statutes, should be amended to
read (material to be added is underscored, material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken):
"(1) A person commits the offense of cruelty to animals in the second degree if the
person intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly: , , ,
(g) Tethers, fastens, ties, or restrains a dog to a doghouse, tree, fence, or
any other stationary object [by-means]:
(i) By means of a choke collar, pinch collar, or prong collar;
provided that a person is not prohibited from using such
restraints when walking a dog with a hand-held leash or while a
dog is engaged in a supervised activity; [or]
(ii) In a configuration that:
(A) Entangles and endangers a dog;
(B) Limits a dog's movement in an unsafe or unsanitary
condition; or
(C) Causes injury to a dog; or
(iii) By use of a restraint that is shorter than three times the length of
the dog, as measured from the tip of the dog's nose to the base of
the dog's tail, or five feet, whichever is greater; or. . . ,"
; now, therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE COUNTY OF HAWAII that the
members of the Hawaii State Senate and the Hawai`i State House of Representatives are
encouraged to introduce legislation to amend section 711-1109 as provided herein.
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the County Clerk shall transmit a copy of this
resolution to the Honorable Governor David Y. Ige, the Honorable Speaker of the Hawai`i State
House of Representatives, the Honorable President of the Hawai`i State Senate, the Honorable
Mayor William P. Kenoi, and Chief of Police Harry Kubojiri.
Dated at_ Kona , Hawai`i, this 16th day of November , 2016.
INTRODUCED BY:
Awati
COUNCIL EMBER, COUNTY OF HAWAII
COUNTY COUNCIL ROLL CALL VOTE
County of Hawai`i AYES NOES ABS EX
Hilo, Hawai`i CHUNG X
DAVID X
I hereby certify that the foregoing RESOLUTION was by EOFF X
,h�eot: :,idicated to the right hereof adopted by the COUNCIL of the ILAGAN
aunty of Hawaii on November 16, 2016 X
KANUHA X
ONISHI X
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Reference: C-1144/GREDC-11
COUNTY CLERK CHAIRPERSON& PRESIDING OFFICER RESOLUTION NO. 707 16
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