The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1901-01-07
ENTERED DOORS OF IRON bad RECORD OF CRUELTY.
ENORMOUS YEARS BUSINESS OF
HUMANE OFFICERS.
The Society Complains Police Court
Fines are Not Large Enough in
Cruelty Cases.

The annual report for 1900 of the HUI
name society shows a remarkable
amount of work for the officers of the
society during the year. It appears
that Honolulu is a community in which
there is q great deal of ill-treatment of
animals. This = partly accounted FOR
by the presence Of a large AsiatiC pO-
pulation. Chinese and Japanese are
responsible for a considerable proper
ton Of the immense number of cases
handled by the society during the year
AS far as horses and mules are con-
cerned, the offenders in nearly every
case have been Chinese or Japanese
teamsters or native car or bus drivers
The report shows that during the
year the society looked into S49 cases Of
cruelty to animals, or an average of
over two a day. There were tifty-five
arrests of offenders in serious cases, or
where warnings were of no avail of
these 80 were convicted
The society was the means of order
ing out of harness 2S5 horses that We're
found at work though unfit for work.
The number of cases of beating and
whipping in which the society inter
ferred was 216 and there were 144 cases
of overoading and too hard driving.
SiXty-seVen horses and dogs were kill
ed under direction of the society.
The Humane Educator for January
| was issued today. 1t is an illustrated
number, well gotten up, having a num-
| Der of half tones of Hawaiian scenes.
In presenting the annual report the o E
gan of the Humane society has the fol-
/ lowing to say about the work:
I'VE have devoted particular atteu-
! tion to the humane destroying or In
| durable animals, which live only to
suffer, having been numerically neg
I lected or abandoned. The Hawaiian
| laws renders our efforts very difficult
in this respect; the greatest prudence
is required to avoid claims on us by un-
I deserving owners.
I'VE are glad to acknowledge the
! friendly aid of the Honolulu police,
whenever called upon by members OF
this Society; often of their own impulse
| giving warning, and many times ar
resting offenders. At one time there
| has appeared to me a growing idea
! among them that all cases of cruelty
must be taken charge of solely by ac-
| tive members of the Hawaiian Society
and that such cases were wholly with
in the Society's jurisdiction, and out
side of theirs. In behalf of the Society
we want to thank High Sheriff Brown
and Captain Parker for their aid anC
other cOurtesies. and also through then
thank the various members of the po-
lice force for their prompt responses tC
our calls.
I'VE also desire to make acknowled.
SVll0ul " OuI BlSlIdleS lOT the pa
thence and kindnes with which they
have uniformly treated the Society il
the presentation of it's many cases o
cruelty to animals. They have been pa
tient in investigation and have adjudi
Gated them in a manner which showed
a uniform desire to administer the Law
as it stands, and upon the evidence
submitted; but we cannot help express
ing regret that in many cases the
fines imposed or punishments inflicted
upon the often extremely brutal often
ders have not appeared to us to bt
quite adequate to the offence. 1t i,
true a SO fine is considerable to some O
these misdemeanants; but we have to-
often felt that the fine imposed as re
lated to the cruelty inf1iced, was fal
from operating as a preventive.
I'VE desire respectively to urge tha
the often extremely aggravated char
acter of the offence shall be given sucl
consideration in the imposition of pen
atty that the repetition of it shall b,
felt to be a more serious matter thar
1t was the past year"