Prosecutors today charged a Makaha woman with misdemeanor cruelty to an animal after she allegedly beat a peacock to death with a baseball bat.

Prosecuting Attorney Peter Carlisle said a felony animal cruelty charge can be brought only if the animal is a pet.
Sandra Maloney was charged with second-degree animal cruelty, punishable by up to a year in jail and a $2,000 fine.
Maloney said after the attack that she had asked unsuccessfully for authorities to reduce the population of peacocks in Makaha Valley.
Carlisle said the cases “has generated a tremendous of amount of interest in the community.”
It will be “pursued and prosecuted vigorously by this office,” he said.