More than 300 dogs seized at Waianae shelter will go up for adoption

The Hawaiian Humane Society and the owners of Friends for Life animal shelter reached an agreement today that will allow the Humane Society to put up for adoption more than 300 dogs that were seized from the non-profit, no-kill animal rescue shelter last October.

The parties announced the agreement in Waianae District Court during a hearing on the Humane Society’s petition for the forfeiture of the animals. For its part of the agreement, the Humane Society promises not to euthanize any of the animals.

The dogs will be spayed or neutered and people who are fostering the animals will be offered the first opportunity to adopt them.

Honolulu police and animal control officials raided the Makaha shelter Oct. 12 and seized 312 dogs. Thirteen have since died, two before or during transport, but some have also given birth, raising the total number of animals being cared for to 331.

The Human Society says about 60 of the dogs are at its Moiliili facility. The rest are either in foster care or medical clinics.

Friends for Life owners David “Lanny” Moore and his mother June Moore have been charged with 310 counts each of misdemeanor animal cruelty. They are scheduled to enter their pleas to the charges in May.