I am the President of a respected rescue here on the Big Island. I work with our local shelter here very successfully.  We follow the rules, are open and honest with one another, and never had a difficult time. The council people complaining here have the ABILITY to make the changes needed.   THE LAWS!   If we make laws that HIHS and Police can enforce, and they were not misdemeanors, things may change.  The anti-tethering laws, breeding laws, and heck, even the anti-eating dog laws were all squashed as unimportant.  The community needs to be held responsible for the numbers of animals flowing into the doors of HIHS. There should be licenses needed to breed your animals.  Let the people who are making all these puppies and kittens pay for the effects it has. Laws and enforcement on animal abuse need to change.  Stop blaming HIHS.  It is like treating the symptoms and not the disease. If you don't like the way the laws are..my god, do something about it.  FB warriors only..don't help.