The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-05-15
CRUELTY TO ANIMALS.
A Tourist Writes Of the Manner Of
Shipping Cattle in Hawaii.

To the Editor OF The Republican.
Sir. wonder hov many Of the resi-
dents Of Hawaii have ever seen cattle
or other live stock loaded upon the
local boats plying between the various
Islands OF this Territory I dare say
not many have seen cattle loaded I'D
on the beats or such q cry would 20
up from the people against the pres
ent outrageously cruel methods that
q change would have TO be made
For downright cruelty and torture
the method Of loading cattle on the
steamers Of this Territory is the most
diabolical that ever was devised. Were
such methods used by savages a cry
would go up from the people OF this
Territory that would reach across the
continent I have seen a good deal
of brutal treatment of live stock
around the great stock yards OF Chi
cago, Kansas City and Denver but
never anything approaching what
saw on the steamer Kinau at HAWAII
hae landing last Friday afternoon
A band of thirty cattle were TO be
taken on board for shipment TO Homo
lulu The steamer anchored about
one-quarter of a mile OF shore and
the boats were lowered The cattle
were already penned up in little
corral at the waters edge Vaqueros
lassoed the cattle and with one lead
ing and another behind to twist the
tail and prod the poor brute until il
entered the water the cattle were TAX
en-. one by one, TO the small boats
some thirty TO forty yards from the
shore. The cattle were compelled to
swim to the boat almost from the mo-
ment of entering the water. This part
of the process was mild; it was what
followed that made the visitor shudder
to think that in Hawaii in this begin
ming of the Twentieth Century, men
were so lost to all feeling for dumb
brutes, so coarse, and unfeeling, and
worse than savages in their conduct
that men and women passengers were
compelled to turn away fom the revolt
ing sights
The cattle were dashed to each boat,
FIVE on a side. They were tied up with
their nostrils turned upward and so
closely tied that they could only par
TALLY turn their heads either to right
or left. When securely fastened the
signal was given and the boat with
the cattle dashed to it was drawn to-
wards the steamer by a rope wound
ND by the donkey engine forward. The
struggling and believing of the poor
cattle was heartrending as they felt
themselves being drawn out into the
sea. One hornless COW twisted her
head in such a way that the rope
around her neck became drawn across
her windpipe and when the boat reach
ed the steamer she was just gasping
her last, choked to death. Two bull
locks in their struggles broke their
right horns and they were hoisted to
the decks in sings with blood trick
ling from the broken horns and great
clots of blood had massed on their
heads by Saturday morning, no care
or attention being given them on
board.
Arriving at the steamer the cattle
were hoisted aboard by being placed
in sings. This operation was mildly
humane compared with the brutal and
cruel manner in which the brutes,
were hauled out to the boat and yet
in this there was enough to make any
humane person forever forswear the
eating of meat if it had to be obtained
by such outrageous means. | dare
say tnat there is not another place
anywhere under the dominion of the
American flag where such cruelty to
animals would be tolerated for sim
gle day as I Witnessed OF Kawaihae
last Friday
| am informed that you have no
society for the prevention of cruelty
to animals in hawaii, but | should
think. Mr.. Editor, that the humane
feelings of every man, woman and
child in the Territory would prompt
them to put stop to such barbarous
practices as l witnessed, without the
| leadership of a society for that ex-
press purpose. Why do not the police
of the Islands or your law officers step
in and say this work shall not go on.
To say that there is no other way
of placing cattle aboard the steamers
is nonsense A barge could be used
at Kawaihae on which fifteen to TWEEN
ty cattle could be driven at a time
and this barge towed to the steamers
side just as easy as the boats are.
There would be no broken horns on
! the barge nor no struggling cattle
choked to death in the sight of wo-
men and children aboard.
TOURIST.
Honolulu, May Is. 1901.