Golf Central

It’s one of those rules of life we’ve always tried to adhere to: if you find yourself stealing a dog for your supper it’s probably time for a career change. Two golf club employees in Hawaii have been charged after stealing a golfer’s dog while he was playing a round, then killing and eating it.

Witnesses told Moanalua Golf Club officials they saw Saturnino Palting, 58, and Nelson Domingo, 43, put the German shepherd-labrador dog named Caddy into a car and drive away at the end of their shift on December 16, 2007.

The dog's owner, Frank Manuma, said he tied up eight-month-old Caddy while he played a round of golf but the dog was gone when he came back. A grand jury indicted Palting and Domingo on theft and animal cruelty charges, punishable by up to five years in prison and a $10,000 fine.