A golf course employee stole a golf player's 8 month old puppy, took it home and butchered it, however, it isn't clear from the news reports whether he ate it or not before the police came. Last week the dog killer/butcher was sentenced to 3 months in prison, fined $500, ordered to complete 400 hours of community service, and given three years of probation. He was convicted of felony animal cruelty.
Meanwhile, the state is considering whether it will allow pig hunting to expand to Palolo. Pig hunters are allowed to use dogs, bows and arrows, and knives to kill the pigs. Additionally, almost 90 million animals are butchered at various slaughterhouses throughout the country everyday (yes, that's right 90 million per day, 33 billion per year). I wonder how come if you kill a dog to eat it, that is felony animal cruelty, but if you buy meat (butchered cows, pigs, sheep, chickens or other animals) in the supermarket that's ok? I am not sure I get it? Can someone please explain the rationale to me?
Anyway, you can read the story at http://archives.starbulletin.com/2008/07/02/news/story08.html .
A golf course employee who killed a golfer's dog and planned to eat it was sentenced yesterday to three months in prison for felony animal cruelty
Nelson Domingo was also fined $500 and ordered to complete 400 hours of community service and three years of probation.
The sentence was imposed by Circuit Judge Randal Lee.
Domingo and co-defendant Saturnino Palting stole an 8-month-old puppy named Caddy, took it home and butchered it.
The dog had been left on a leash near an equipment shack at Moanalua Golf Course by its owner, who discovered the pet missing when he returned to retrieve it. Lee sentenced Palting to 300 hours of community service and three years of probation.