Kaneohe households are capped at ten dogs or ten cats, and state law criminalizes hoarding more than fifteen dogs and cats combined when neglect is involved.
ROH 7-2.5 sets Kaneohe's household cap at ten dogs or ten cats as a nuisance trigger. HRS 711-1109.6 makes animal hoarding a state misdemeanor when a person possesses more than fifteen dogs and cats combined, fails to provide necessary sustenance, and fails to correct living conditions. General animal cruelty is covered at HRS 711-1109. Hoarding cases in Kaneohe's dense residential tracts along Kamehameha Highway often surface through mail carrier or neighbor reports to 311.
Local nuisance citations and state misdemeanor prosecution, potentially including seizure.
See how other cities in Honolulu County handle animal hoarding.
See how Kaneohe's animal hoarding rules stack up against other locations.
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