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MAUI (HawaiiNewsNow) – Animal advocates are calling for new rules to control pet populations as shelters across the island remain overcapacity.<\/p>\n

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Hawaii has no breeder regulation for pets, a gap that humane societies have tried to address for years through legislation that has repeatedly failed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are no regulatory standards so that breeders have to provide sufficient space, sufficient housing, sufficient socialization. Most states have rules like that. We do not,\u201d said Steph Kendrick, Hawaiian Humane Society vice president of community engagement.<\/p>\n

The discussion comes after California-based content creator and animal advocate Nathan Kehn visited Maui in March to help a nonprofit with the island\u2019s cat population.<\/p>\n

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While working with the organization, he said someone approached him offering to sell puppies.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey had puppies all over that they were offering us for $200 a piece,\u201d Kehn said.<\/p>\n

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Kehn said he was shocked to learn Hawaii has no breeding regulations.<\/p>\n

Kendrick said the organization fights for bills each legislative session to control Hawaii\u2019s dog overpopulation and help alleviate overcapacity at animal shelters around the state. Those efforts have failed each year.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re dealing with overall an incredible overpopulation problem,\u201d Kendrick said. \u201cAt this point, anyone who\u2019s breeding animals in the state is contributing to pet overpopulation, and I would encourage people to be really mindful of that and to adopt animals who\u2019ve been spayed and neutered and are not going to be contributing to the pet overpopulation problem.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kehn, who has traveled around the world to help rescue animals, said he hopes his video will raise awareness to the issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all want the same thing, less animals outside suffering, and that means regulations on breeding, and that gets us all to the same place,\u201d Kehn said. \u201cIt\u2019s time the government steps in and helps out.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Animal advocates hope to have better luck next legislative session.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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