HAIKU, Hawaii (KHON2) — Eddie the pig was adopted by Sarah Haynes a few years ago. She adopted him from a local pig rescue after he was found running around Kihei with scars and rope burns. They believed he was used for hunting dog training.
“I adopted him and built a big enclosure and a house and a pool and all sorts of stuff,” Haynes, who has a pet sanctuary on her nine acre lot in Haiku, said. “And I promised him a good life and that I would keep him away from that kind of treatment.”
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But, according to court documents, sometime between May 11 and May 12, two teens trespassed onto Haynes’ property, stole Eddie and killed him.
When Haynes realized he was missing, she noticed her wire fence had been cut, and posted on social media about her missing pig.
She said her phone blew up instantly.
“And it was just video after picture after video of Eddie getting attacked, and they posted everything on Instagram of what they did,” Haynes said.
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She said most of the calls came from hunters because they didn’t believe the two teens, who had just won $1,000 from a ‘biggest pig’ contest actually found a wild pig.
“They appear just moments before the contest ends with well-over the biggest pig, because he’s grain fed, and he’s clean, and he’s neutered and they couldn’t carry him from the truck to the scale. Nobody believed him,” Haynes explained after speaking with hunters.
She wanted justice and did everything she could to build a case and said police and the prosecutor have been extremely helpful.
In January, one of the teens changed his plea from not guilty to no contest and will be sentenced on Wednesday, April 16. He faces two felony counts for 1st degree animal cruelty and livestock theft which each carry a maximum five year sentence.
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The other teen is expected to change his plea the same day.
She said her prosecutor has been amazing and has shot down their efforts to get the cased dismissed.
“Eddie was super friendly,” Haynes said. “Little kids could hug him, you know, he’d sit. You could get him to bark like a dog. I mean, he was just the most adorable, sweet, gentle soul. And you know, his life started with cruelty, and I was determined to make that go away for life. And, unfortunately it ended the same way it started, you know, with hunting dogs.”
Haynes will have a rally outside the Wailuku courthouse on Wednesday, April 16 from 7 a.m. to 8 a.m. right before sentencing advocating for Eddie and all cruelty against animals.
“I don’t want to ruin anybody’s life and I don’t think there’s any possibility of them getting the 10 years, but what I would like to see, I would like to see a punishment. This wasn’t an innocent mistake, this wasn’t confusion about the law. This was a planned attack on my pet,” she added.
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