The tragedy of the 300-plus dogs rescued from the so-called Friends for Life “no-kill shelter” has been well documented in the pages of the Star-Advertiser (“Owners of Makaha no-kill shelter sentenced,” Star-Advertiser, Aug. 16).

These dogs were rescued by the Hawaiian Humane Society. Then-CEO Martha Armstrong told us in the article how those dogs continue “to suffer physical and emotional problems.”

But the far greater tragedy is the slaughter of enormous numbers of dogs and cats by the Humane Society itself, some 11,000 last year alone, according to the same article. This is a true war on dogs and cats that calls into question whether the “Humane” Society is more inhumane than humane.

A new Humane Society Board and CEO can stop this animal genocide by doing much more to help and place these animals, and begin a no-kill policy, as so many other large and small Humane Societies have all over the country.

Stand up for our dogs and cats!

Joel Fischer

Waialae-Kahala

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