04-24-2008, 10:46 AM
I don't know about on the Big Island, however, on Oahu... the Humane Society has a different outlook on donated funds:
(from a 2002 article):
BUDGET shortages prompted the City Council to shift responsibility for responding to animal nuisance complaints from the Hawaiian Humane Society to the police, but confusion and reduced enforcement could be the result. Imposition of fines could pay for the cost and return the duties to the Humane Society.
The Humane Society needs to use its donations for our animal welfare programs, not to underwrite the city's law enforcement and public safety functions," says spokeswoman Eve Holt. The society also should not be bashful about citing violators with the goal of making its enforcement operations self-sustaining. Enforcement duties should not have to be supported by donations.
...Police last month responded to 80 animal nuisance complaints, but few if any resulted in citations, according to Assistant Police Chief Paul Putzulu. He says that could change, and it should. Responding to legitimate complaints and then failing to cite offenders and levy fines is both costly and ineffective....
Anyone know where to find the Big Island's Humane Society Budget online at? If budgetting seems to be the problem... it seems as though we need to address that.
I like the $1.00 per year tax idea. (Sure beats that other $1.00 check box I see on my taxes each year)
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(from a 2002 article):
BUDGET shortages prompted the City Council to shift responsibility for responding to animal nuisance complaints from the Hawaiian Humane Society to the police, but confusion and reduced enforcement could be the result. Imposition of fines could pay for the cost and return the duties to the Humane Society.
The Humane Society needs to use its donations for our animal welfare programs, not to underwrite the city's law enforcement and public safety functions," says spokeswoman Eve Holt. The society also should not be bashful about citing violators with the goal of making its enforcement operations self-sustaining. Enforcement duties should not have to be supported by donations.
...Police last month responded to 80 animal nuisance complaints, but few if any resulted in citations, according to Assistant Police Chief Paul Putzulu. He says that could change, and it should. Responding to legitimate complaints and then failing to cite offenders and levy fines is both costly and ineffective....
Anyone know where to find the Big Island's Humane Society Budget online at? If budgetting seems to be the problem... it seems as though we need to address that.
I like the $1.00 per year tax idea. (Sure beats that other $1.00 check box I see on my taxes each year)
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Damons Digest