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HILO-- On Hawaii island, a county resolution will be heard next Wednesday morning which supporters hope will lead to stiffer penalties for dangerous dog owners who are negligent.

On Hawaii Island, a county resolution will be heard next Wednesday morning that supporters hope will lead to stiffer penalties for dangerous dog owners who are negligent.

During Tuesday’s Government Operations and External Affairs Committee meeting, the family of Bob Northrop, an Ocean View man who died after being mauled by a pack of dogs in August, testified in favor of Resolution 430-24.

From the planned demolition of Uncle Billy’s Hilo Bay Hotel to the scheduled road projects for the Kīlauea eruption recovery to dog attacks and fires, the year has seen progress and devastation.

Aggressive dogs and abused or abandoned animals have been an issue for years for the sprawling rural Ka‘ū community. But now, residents feel the problem has escalated following two attacks in August.

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"That's what's so devastating about my father's death, is that it was preventable. It was avoidable," Shannon Matson said.

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Friends of the man killed in a dog attack have started a GoFundMe in his honor.

HILO, Hawaii (AP) — A 71-year-old man has died after being mauled by four dogs on Hawaii island, police said. The man was treated by medical personnel at th