11-05-2012, 05:31 PM
Law Violated:
The Lacey Act prohibits this type of transport.
Damage Estimate:
This type of wildlife has become a big problem on Maui and can cause $18 million a year in damage.
Maximum Penalty:
One year in jail and $10,000 in fines, instead they got a slap of 500 hours Community Service - the maximum sentence of a year in jail is over 2000 "working hours" OR OVER FOUR TIMES HIS COMMUNITY SERVICE TIME PLUS the addition of $10,000 IN FINES.... seems to me he got a really good deal, versus the maximum he could have gotten!!!
For an idea of the prolific nature of these deer, this was posted on this thread, but there are some that do not look back...
"4 male & 4 female axis deer were introduced to Molokai by KamahamahaV in 1868 and “by the turn of the century, most of the accessible forest on Moloka‘i had been destroyed (Griffith 1902). A report from 1904 (Hall) stated that “the only forest now remaining in the mountains of Moloka‘i is found at elevations above 1,500 feet at the east end of the island””
(http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/dofaw/forestry/FR...20file.pdf)
“On Molokai the population increased to 1000 within 20 years and reached perhaps 7500 before specific control measures were taken; hired hunters killed more than 3500 during 1900-1901 (Tomich 1986).”
HEAR deer link:
http://www.hear.org/AlienSpeciesInHawaii...isdeer.htm
The Lacey Act prohibits this type of transport.
Damage Estimate:
This type of wildlife has become a big problem on Maui and can cause $18 million a year in damage.
Maximum Penalty:
One year in jail and $10,000 in fines, instead they got a slap of 500 hours Community Service - the maximum sentence of a year in jail is over 2000 "working hours" OR OVER FOUR TIMES HIS COMMUNITY SERVICE TIME PLUS the addition of $10,000 IN FINES.... seems to me he got a really good deal, versus the maximum he could have gotten!!!
For an idea of the prolific nature of these deer, this was posted on this thread, but there are some that do not look back...
"4 male & 4 female axis deer were introduced to Molokai by KamahamahaV in 1868 and “by the turn of the century, most of the accessible forest on Moloka‘i had been destroyed (Griffith 1902). A report from 1904 (Hall) stated that “the only forest now remaining in the mountains of Moloka‘i is found at elevations above 1,500 feet at the east end of the island””
(http://hawaii.gov/dlnr/dofaw/forestry/FR...20file.pdf)
“On Molokai the population increased to 1000 within 20 years and reached perhaps 7500 before specific control measures were taken; hired hunters killed more than 3500 during 1900-1901 (Tomich 1986).”
HEAR deer link:
http://www.hear.org/AlienSpeciesInHawaii...isdeer.htm