HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOM 0765.035 2016-2018I would like to express my support for Roster Bill #112.
I run a commercial nursery in Orchidland Estates. Rooster farms impact my business financially because
they attract rats, flies, ants and other insect pests that need to be controlled as part of my nursery
certification requirements. Rats can cause thousands of dollars in damage and destroy whole crops in a
single night. Insect explosions also damage and visually destroy my plants and need to be controlled with
additional pesticides.
As a certified nursery, I am required to comply with both State and Federal regulations, maintain inventory
and sales reports and pay taxes. Owners of these rooster farms do not comply with any such regulations,
do not report income from sales or gambling and the birds contribute no agricultural benefits to the State
of Hawaii.
I have nothing against raising chickens for food and having a few roosters to service the hens, but having
50 or 100 roosters tethered to a -frames on an acre or less of land without a single hen is not raising
chickens for any other purpose than illegal gambling. The treatment of these birds is cruel and inhumane.
The birds and their feces create a personal health risk, attract vermin and pests and diminish property
values.
The incessant loud crowing all day and all night is beyond a nuisance. It makes it difficult to sleep or even
think clearly and has a huge impact on the daily life and peace of all properties surrounding these
"farms."
Thank you for your consideration,
Mary Monroe
Orchidland Estates
From:
Mary Monroe
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To:
Council Testimony
Subject:
Support letter for Rooster Bill #112
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Date:
Wednesday, March 07, 2018 10:20:36 AM_
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Aloha,
I would like to express my support for Roster Bill #112.
I run a commercial nursery in Orchidland Estates. Rooster farms impact my business financially because
they attract rats, flies, ants and other insect pests that need to be controlled as part of my nursery
certification requirements. Rats can cause thousands of dollars in damage and destroy whole crops in a
single night. Insect explosions also damage and visually destroy my plants and need to be controlled with
additional pesticides.
As a certified nursery, I am required to comply with both State and Federal regulations, maintain inventory
and sales reports and pay taxes. Owners of these rooster farms do not comply with any such regulations,
do not report income from sales or gambling and the birds contribute no agricultural benefits to the State
of Hawaii.
I have nothing against raising chickens for food and having a few roosters to service the hens, but having
50 or 100 roosters tethered to a -frames on an acre or less of land without a single hen is not raising
chickens for any other purpose than illegal gambling. The treatment of these birds is cruel and inhumane.
The birds and their feces create a personal health risk, attract vermin and pests and diminish property
values.
The incessant loud crowing all day and all night is beyond a nuisance. It makes it difficult to sleep or even
think clearly and has a huge impact on the daily life and peace of all properties surrounding these
"farms."
Thank you for your consideration,
Mary Monroe
Orchidland Estates