12-20-2010, 03:39 PM
signalfire, as you're considering living here, something to learn is you never assume there MUST be laws here of a certain nature. You find out what the laws are; they may be different than what you assume. Why would there be laws against having eight dogs on agriculturally zoned land? Do you understand what AG zoning means? You should learn that if you plan to move to an ag area.
You can't kill a dog for killing animals on the first offense. The owner is allowed a chance to remediate the situation, confine the dogs, make reparation. If that doesn't happen, then on the second offense there are different remedies.
You would do well to inform yourself of the laws on dogs and guns before you move here, move to Puna, and make sure you can live with them before you commit.
Note: I think a pack of dogs getting loose is frightening and awful, but the fact remains you are not entitled to kill the dog. Further, it's natural for a dog to kill chickens, and that does NOT make the dog CUJO. And if you try to tell local guys their dog is EVIL for going after chickens, they aren't going to respond well. (This owner wasn't local, but if he were.) Macho dogs are a big part of this macho culture; they are a status symbol. They are often not trained well. The owners are not trained any better.
Hawai'i is DIFFERENT from anywhere on the mainland and all of us who move here have cultural acclimation to do. People here cannot abide it when mainlanders move over and talk about how it SHOULD be like this and it MUST be like that. People will very pointedly tell you -- If you don't like it, go back to the mainland. There are very popular bumper stickers that convey this message.
I'm a transplant myself, only passing on what I learned.
You can't kill a dog for killing animals on the first offense. The owner is allowed a chance to remediate the situation, confine the dogs, make reparation. If that doesn't happen, then on the second offense there are different remedies.
You would do well to inform yourself of the laws on dogs and guns before you move here, move to Puna, and make sure you can live with them before you commit.
Note: I think a pack of dogs getting loose is frightening and awful, but the fact remains you are not entitled to kill the dog. Further, it's natural for a dog to kill chickens, and that does NOT make the dog CUJO. And if you try to tell local guys their dog is EVIL for going after chickens, they aren't going to respond well. (This owner wasn't local, but if he were.) Macho dogs are a big part of this macho culture; they are a status symbol. They are often not trained well. The owners are not trained any better.
Hawai'i is DIFFERENT from anywhere on the mainland and all of us who move here have cultural acclimation to do. People here cannot abide it when mainlanders move over and talk about how it SHOULD be like this and it MUST be like that. People will very pointedly tell you -- If you don't like it, go back to the mainland. There are very popular bumper stickers that convey this message.
I'm a transplant myself, only passing on what I learned.