Today in Hawaii it is legal to kill and eat dogs and cats. But, It is only legal to consume dog meat if it is the person’s own dog, and it has been killed in a “humane way”. It is illegal and a violation of animal control laws to steal someone else’s dog, or a stray. However, there is no law that specifically prohibits the sale, purchase, or distribution of dogs and cats for human consumption. There are cases in Hawaii where people have dogs that are kept in unclean pens, and subjected to cruelty before they are slaughtered and sold for food. In the last two attempts at legislature to stop this practice, the humane society didn’t defend the dogs.
Facts & Information
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Posted by ahutler at 12:43 PM 1 comments
Labels: Facts Information Dog Slaughter
Family Dog Stolen And Slaughtered
On December 19, 2007 two former employees of Hawaii's Moanalua Golf Club (Saturnino Palting, 58, and Nelson Domingo, 43) were charged with second-degree theft and first-degree cruelty to animals charges for stealing a dog from Frank Manuma and then killing and eating the dog, an 8-month old German shepherd. Frank Manuma, the dog's owner, had permission to leave his dog, named Caddy, at a water shack while he played a round of golf. When he returned, his pet was gone, and several witnesses said they had seen the two employees leave with the dog. According to Manuma's wife, the two later confessed to police that they did in fact kill and eat Caddy.
On June 1, 2007 Hawaii became the 43rd state to enact a felony animal cruelty law which states as follows: "A person is guilty of animal cruelty in the first degree when, except as authorized in law, he or she intentionally (a) inflicts substantial pain on, (b) causes physical injury to, or (c) kills an animal by a means causing undue suffering, or forces a minor to inflict unnecessary pain, or injury." This law only applies if a person inflicts pain on the dog before slaughter. There is currently no law that prevents people from eating dogs as long as they are killed in a "humane way" (shooting the dog in the head). This is referred to as "backyard slaughter".
Posted by ahutler at 11:51 AM 0 comments
Labels: Hawaii Stolen Dog Slaughtered
What Can You Do?
You can sign an online petition at Envirowatch.org, that supports the banning of eating, selling, purchasing, possession, and trading of dog and cat meat in Hawaii. You can also contact your State Senator or Representative, and tell them that you want it to be illegal to kill and eat dogs and cats in Hawaii.
Posted by ahutler at 11:40 AM 0 comments
Living Conditions
Friday, September 19, 2008
The pictures show some of the kind of places the dogs are kept before they are slaughtered, as you can see the dogs do not receive much attention, food, or water.
Posted by ahutler at 5:29 PM 1 comments