Support SB 1424 Today!

Please support the Hawaiian Humane Society as they lobby for SB 1424 today!

Chaining Dogs (Senate Bill 1424)

This bill will make it illegal to tie up a dog on a chain that's less than 6 feet long or use a chain that's more than 10% of the dog's weight. A swivel must be on one end or the other.

Support SB 1424 RELATING TO OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER

TODAY, Feb. 10 at 10:15 am at State Capitol Conference Room 016

·    Support SB 1424, which would make it illegal to tie up a dog under certain conditions.

·    A dog kept chained in one spot for hours, days, months or even years suffers immense psychological damage.

·    An otherwise friendly and docile dog, when kept continuously chained, becomes neurotic, unhappy, anxious and often aggressive. A chained animal is caught in a vicious cycle; frustrated by long periods of boredom and social isolation, he becomes a neurotic shell of his former self—further deterring human interaction and kindness.

·    A chained dog suffers the frustration of watching the world go by in isolation—a cruel fate for what is by nature a highly social animal.

·    The U. S. Department of Agriculture has concluded that continuous confinement of dogs by a tether is inhumane. A tether significantly restricts a dog's movement. A tether can also become tangled around or hooked on the dog's shelter structure or other objects, further restricting the dog's movement and potentially causing injury.

·    More than 100 communities in more than 30 states have passed laws that regulate the practice of tethering animals.