07-18-2019, 07:59 AM
This is certainly shocking but it is atypical. I wouldn't set any policy based on this case.
People have been practicing that type of behavior towards animals forever. I would say "in Hawaii" specifically, but I suspect it happens all over the world. But here, I could give a long list of animal cruelty events I have heard about, seen, or had perpetrated on my animals, in the islands in my lifetime. A very long list. And, no, there are no meaningful laws on the books to protect animals or prosecute the offenders.
Have you ever seen an animal die from drinking antifreeze? From ingesting meat soaked in Paraquat? Had a neighbor who shots all animals they see and most of them go off maimed to die elsewhere? It happens all the time here. Every day.
People have been practicing that type of behavior towards animals forever. I would say "in Hawaii" specifically, but I suspect it happens all over the world. But here, I could give a long list of animal cruelty events I have heard about, seen, or had perpetrated on my animals, in the islands in my lifetime. A very long list. And, no, there are no meaningful laws on the books to protect animals or prosecute the offenders.
Have you ever seen an animal die from drinking antifreeze? From ingesting meat soaked in Paraquat? Had a neighbor who shots all animals they see and most of them go off maimed to die elsewhere? It happens all the time here. Every day.