WAIKIKI, Oahu (KHON2) — Veterinarians, law enforcement and experts from across the country gathered in Honolulu to look at ways to strengthen Hawaii’s animal laws on Thursday, Jan. 8.
The Hawaiian Humane Society said the topics over these two days of the conference will help their investigations going forward.
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There were several topics on the agenda for the first Hawaii Animal Law and Forensic Investigations Conference, one of then was how punishing crimes against animals does not start and end with police enforcement.
“If a felony conviction has a maximum sentence of, say, five years, if you are seeing that the convictions are only getting 30 days in jail, 60 days in jail, making a stricter sentencing law is not going to fix things,” said Dr. Adam Stern, University of Florida professor of forensic pathology…