> Contact: 529-4831 (phone), staradvertiser.The Chatham Board of Commissioners voted to repeal and replace the county’s Animal Control Ordinance in a 6-3 vote at their biweekly meeting Friday, after hearing impassioned comments from the public about feral cats.Īs previously reported, the County Commissioners first considered updating the Animal Control Ordinance in December, and then hosted a public forum about this topic on Jan. > Mail: Letters to the Editor, Honolulu Star-Advertiser 7 Waterfront Plaza, 500 Ala Moana, Suite #7-500 Honolulu, HI 96813 Include your name, address and daytime phone number. We reserve the right to edit for clarity and length.
> Write us: We welcome letters up to 150 words, and guest columns of 500-600 words. Want your voice to be heard? Submit a letter to the editor. The Honolulu Star-Advertiser welcomes all opinions. Plus there is literally no place on Magic Island anymore where picnickers can escape the flies that thrive on cat feces. When a couple of new litters arrived and the number exploded, they began setting out bowls on the Ewa side, raising the danger to other animals.
Until six months ago, these individuals put out food only on the Diamond Head side. It’s ironic that the animal-loving people who feed and water the cats are inadvertently putting the monk seals at risk, not to mention birds. Feral cats host toxoplasmosis, a parasitic disease that can kill a seal. Unfortunately, an abundance of feral cats less than 100 yards away on Magic Island sharply increased the danger the seals were in. Regarding your April 29 editorial, “Stop Feeding Feral Cats”: Three times in the past year I’ve observed highly endangered monk seals resting on Ala Moana Beach and at the Magic Island lagoon.
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