Hawaiian Humane Society
Newsletter People for animals. Animals for people.
July – September 2014
President’s Message
Happy ending for cruelty case dog There are many happy endings in our anti-cruelty work. Take Rosie for example. She was found collapsed in a grassy field in Nanakuli. She Pamela Burns President & CEO arrived at the Humane Society with an injury, which our medical team believed to be a stab wound. Rosie,
We asked the public for tips and adopted in April, has blossomed offered a $5,000 reward for leads with her new resulting in an arrest and conviction. family. While no tips materialized and the case went cold, Rosie healed quickly in foster care and now lives in Waipahu with the Holl family. She has the loving home she deserves. More than 1,200 calls for cruelty investigations have poured in to us in the last 12 months. Call 356-2250 to request an investigation, report a tip and learn
more about the Society’s animal protection work. Caring citizens who took action to report crimes are instrumental in all of our investigations. Visit “Investigations & Rescues” at HawaiianHumane. org to learn more about our anti-cruelty work.
No justice for a Haleiwa dog slain by owner Many elements go into building a successful animal cruelty case: a call from a concerned citizen, swift and meticulous case work, partnership with the police, a determined prosecution and a judge to ensure justice. Yet even if all of these stars are in alignment, justice doesn’t always prevail. When a North Shore woman brutally killed her family’s pet dog
named Star with a kitchen knife, the Hawaiian Humane Society teamed up with the Honolulu Police Department to investigate. She killed her dog in an effort to discipline Star for sniffing her daughter and then called 911 to report the crime. It was one of the most gruesome animal crime scenes that the Humane Society has witnessed in recent history. A felony animal cruelty case was opened and the Society began
working closely with Prosecutor Janice Futa. The Society’s medical experts also provided key testimony. After a trial with no jury, Judge Richard Perkins found the defendant not guilty by reason of mental disease. She has been permitted to return to her residence with her child. Acquittal prevents the judge continued on page 2