Indonesia: Death sentence for Bali dogs - please help

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Death sentence for Bali dogs - please help

Fri, 13 Mar 2009 20:27:20 +1100

 

Death sentence for Bali dogs

 

Healthy dogs killed as a precaution against rabies and left to rot

in the street.

What tourists can expect to see on Bali streets

 

In a kneejerk reaction to a report of rabies killing 8 people, the

Balinese Government has begun an elimination program of all community

dogs and cats across the Island of Bali using strychnine

poison. Healthy animals and pets are also included because the

program is not selective.

 

Strychnine poison causes an agonising and painful death, sometimes

taking hours.

 

The Animal Protection Association of Australia (APAA)

has documented evidence of dogs dying in agony on Bali streets with

gruesome piles of dead dogs left on the streets in full public view.

 

See APAA's video evidence (warning - graphic and

heartbreaking)

<http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v=h-R3k7Owwh8>http://www.youtube.com:80/watch?v\

=h-R3k7Owwh8

See more information and photos on our website

<http://www.animalprotectionaustralia.org/>www.animalprotectionaustralia.org

 

The Balinese Government have banned the vaccination of dogs and cats

in most areas yet the World Health Organisation advises the most

economical and effective method is to pre-vaccinate populations of

cats and dogs against rabies.

 

The elimination program also poses a real danger to Balinese and

tourists alike because dart guns are being used in crowded public

areas.

Other methods used to kill dogs in Bali include bludgeoning and

shooting. Australians recently witnessed the shooting of dogs in

full public view on Seminyak beach

(<file://C:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\MicrosoftShared\Stationery\/>http://www.new\

s.com.au:80/travel/story/0,28318,25125271-5014090,00.html.0

 

The Balinese Government has also launched a rabies scare campaign

causing some people to hand in their pets for slaughter and yet

others are killing their own pets.

 

APAA is calling on the Bali government to stop the cruel elimination

program and allow animal welfare groups to begin a rabies vaccination

program.

 

We desperately need your help to put pressure on the Bali Government.

Please send an email to:

 

Bali's Governor,

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Made Mangku Pastika

Ministry of Agriculture,

<file://C:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\MicrosoftShared\Stationery\/>Dr.

Ir. Anton Apriyantono, MS General of Animal Husbandry,

<file://C:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\MicrosoftShared\Stationery\/>Dr.

Ir. Tjeppy Daradjatun

President of Indonesia,

<file://C:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\MicrosoftShared\Stationery\/>Dr.

H. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono

Indonesian Consul General (NSW),

<file://C:\ProgramFiles\CommonFiles\MicrosoftShared\Stationery\/>Sudaryomo

Hartosudarmo

 

....and make make the following points

 

Stop the cruel slaughter of dogs in Bali immidiately.

Lift the ban on rabies vaccines and let the animal welfare groups in

Bali start vaccinating all the dogs straight away.

Start vaccinating all dogs accross Bali.

You will not consider holidaying in Bali until the killing program is stopped.

 

 

Bali represents peace, beauty, charm and tranquility for tourists.

Shocking cruelty to animals does not belong in Bali any more than

terrorism belongs in Bali

 

 

 

Animal Protection Association of Australia (Inc)

PO Box 167

Corindi Beach NSW 2456

Phone 0409 824 803

 

Email: <apa_australiaapa_australia

 

66 49 Website

<http://www.animalprotectionaustralia.org/>www.animalprotectionaustralia.org

 

 

 

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