10-04-2011, 10:55 AM
KathyH- I am really glad to hear your input, you honestly seem to be the most open minded person on this forum and I applaud you for being eager to do research and trying to understand other points of view.
I have to stress that I was not trying to say if you are not Hawaiian then leave. But rather what you have said nailed it on the dot "I can't stand it that people arrive here and try to run things without learning anything about history, tradition, how things are done." I feel that this is how freestate is approaching these issues and I just want him/her to consider a locals point of view.
On to your question "can DLNR act freely in the matter of the sheep, as it was sued and lost the lawsuit? Does the court order not control what they can and can't do at this point?"
Legally DLNR doesn't have a say in the matter because they lost the lawsuit, so technically they have to kill off all of the sheep at their own expense (taxpayer dollars). Due to this a petition was started not long ago to call for new research on the matter, however there was a lack of support and the situation is only looking worse as there will be three more aerial hunts conducted over the next 2 months. This is much more frequently than ever before, and I am wondering where they are getting these funds in our current declining economy? I am not sure what we can do to save the sheep..
Here are some links to the previous petition and current efforts:
https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3581
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2011/0...eep-birds/
http://www.change.org/petitions/call-for...radication
I have to stress that I was not trying to say if you are not Hawaiian then leave. But rather what you have said nailed it on the dot "I can't stand it that people arrive here and try to run things without learning anything about history, tradition, how things are done." I feel that this is how freestate is approaching these issues and I just want him/her to consider a locals point of view.
On to your question "can DLNR act freely in the matter of the sheep, as it was sued and lost the lawsuit? Does the court order not control what they can and can't do at this point?"
Legally DLNR doesn't have a say in the matter because they lost the lawsuit, so technically they have to kill off all of the sheep at their own expense (taxpayer dollars). Due to this a petition was started not long ago to call for new research on the matter, however there was a lack of support and the situation is only looking worse as there will be three more aerial hunts conducted over the next 2 months. This is much more frequently than ever before, and I am wondering where they are getting these funds in our current declining economy? I am not sure what we can do to save the sheep..
Here are some links to the previous petition and current efforts:
https://secure.peta.org/site/Advocacy?cmd=display&page=UserAction&id=3581
http://www.bigislandvideonews.com/2011/0...eep-birds/
http://www.change.org/petitions/call-for...radication