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".
Family Dog Stolen And Slaughtered
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Posted by ahutler at 11:51 AM
Labels: Hawaii Stolen Dog Slaughtered
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