Pair accused of stealing, eating pet dog

[Horse with no Name]

:puke:

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/O/ODD_DOG_EATERS?SITE=TXDAM&TEMPLATE=STRANGEHEADS.html&SECTION=HOME
HONOLULU (AP) -- Two former golf club employees are charged with theft and cruelty to animals in the death of a pet dog the owners say was cooked and eaten. An Oahu grand jury indicted Saturnino Palting, 58, and Nelson Domingo, 43, both of Kalihi.

They were accused of stealing a dog owned by Frank Manuma who lost his 8-month-old German shepherd-Labrador mix named Caddy.

Manuma had taken Caddy to the Moanalua Golf Club with him on Dec. 16 and left the dog tied up at an equipment shack when he disappeared. Manuma said police told him the two men slaughtered and ate the pet belonging to him and his wife, Debbie Weil-Manuma.

The charges are both felonies punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.

[Mythsaje]

1. I can't even form a coherent thought in response to this.

Were these fuckers THAT hungry?

That poor puppy.

[bluestateguy]

2. They should be sent to a medieval dungeon for the rest of their life

Despicable.

[rpannier]

3. Sickening

I'm tempted to say give them the max.
But, that seems to be the general attitude of people for any crime.

Regardless, the two are disqusting human beings.

[Kutjara]

4. This is disgusting, barbaric, and inhumane in the extreme, but...

...what I can't get my head around is why? Why would anyone do that? What possible reason can there be for eating someone's pet dog? What did they think they were doing, a bad remake of "Theater of Blood?"

Sometimes, I'm made painfully aware that my abysmal opinion of humanity isn't quite low enough.

[Canuckistanian]

5. Wow, what a weird story

Is there a severe lack of protein in the Hawai'ian diet? Or is it just extreme poverty?

Or just maybe a couple of weirdos who found each other, like Henry Lee Lucas and Otis Toole?

At any rate, it's good thay were caught before they moved on to another form of "easy meat".

[Iktomiwicasa]

6. Come

visit my folks. We eat dog on a fairly regular basis. Quite tasty, actually. An old traditional food :)

[Ahpook]

7. Where do you get your uhhh...

main ingredient?

[Canuckistanian]

9. Hmm, after some research, I see that dog is traditional food in Hawaii

And most of Polynesia, it seems.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dog_meat

Still, you don't steal someone's pet in order to get it.

Hang 'em.

[Iktomiwicasa]

10. Yeah

pretty crappy to steal someone's pet, but other than that, meat is meat, and dog meat is gooood :)

[DCKit]

8. Are they going to bring the same charges against everyone who eats a steak?

I'm a dog person and would have my own pack if it were practical, but isn't this just a LITTLE over the top? Theft of property would have been a bit more realistic charge.