Bali Dogs: Lovable creatures or disease-ridden pests?

I really love Bali dogs…they are delicious !

hi there,
i spent a few months in bali in 2004 living with my wonderful auntie in ubud, her name is linda buller, she’s from australia and she is the founder of b.a.r.c, bali adoption & rehablitation centre
she works so hard caring for these beautiful dogs and needs all the help she can get.
please visit her the barc website
http://www.freewebs.com/balidogs
i love bali dogs!!!

Hi Nick,

I was in Bali a month ago and I thought at the time that there were far less dogs on the streets than during my previous visits, it was more flagrant in Ubud. Or I was not noticing them anymore…

Maybe the Police rumor has some truth and I must confess my rental car came fully equipped with an “I love Bali Dogs” sticker. (from Amertha Dana in Legian)

Though I’m not a dog lover, I feel sad for these Bali dogs sometimes. It’s really positive that there are people willing to spend all their time in helping these dogs. Thanks a lot to them

I hate those ugly dogs.. They are sick and I can see why people want to get rid of them. Yet we should be humane, If you want to do somthing fix the dogs so they can’t have babies. Eventually they will be gone.

A lot of the Bali dogs in the main tourist area are looked after by ex-pats and tourists alike.
Have a guy on another forum who is breaking his heart he just heard that “his Bali dog” was poisoned.It was a lovely healthy looking dog that liven on the beach and visited the guests in one of the hotels at Legian.There was always a devoted fan of this dog willing to feed it.
I have seen some very poorly looking specimens too and wonder if it isn’t better for them to be put out of their misery.I love dogs but can’t bear to see them suffer.If there is a program to whittle down the dog population i just wish tey would differentiate between healthy cared for dogs and the truley neglected,poorly ones.
Cheers laurs

There are quite a lot where I’m staying (north Sanur near Sindhu Beach) on Jl. Danau Tamblingan. Mostly they wander around looking forlorn and occasionally barking. Haven’t seen any aggressive behavior or any that are in bad shape.

Those dogs youve seen fred would make excellent satay.anjing bakar enak !

Many of the Bali dogs are some of the most miserable creatures that I have ever seen, surely with such suffering they will move up a notch in their next life.

we brought a bali street dog that was 25 days old when we found her back to canada…she’ll be 1 year old on valentine’s day and she is a good friend to each of our family members. she was at the ubud market and we knew she would not survive if we didn’t take her. believe me- we had no intention of bringing a bali street pup home!!!! it was alot of work and $ to have her brought back to canada and we don’t regret our decision in the least. she is healthy and happy and people are always asking her breed as she stands out in her unique appearance.

u know i love the way some ppl care so much for all creatures, but it is sick when we have ppl who eat these animals or dont think what they’re saying about these creatures. those ppl, put urself in their position and then how would u feel. some ppl are really ignorant on these topics. so if u dont care dont comment something stupid just because u think it would be funny. so as when ppl go instict laugh at that because dogs or any animal should never be extinct!!! as i was saying before not all animals should be eaten, its just wrong and disgusting and it breaks our whole lifestyle…i mean our days now and to the future what if elephants were all to be wiped out from the earth and our children wont ever know what or who they were? answer that question, please.

Still if one likes the taste of dog then why shouldnt it be eaten.Dog has a very low caste in Indonesian society,so when in rome do as the romans do.Doggy is yummy and many to chose from for good eating.

How strange… your graphic uptop doesn’t depict a bali street dog at all. That’s Sam, the much loved ‘World’s Ugliest Dog’ title holder until his death in 2006. http://samugliestdog.com/

Jackson… Dogs in Asia who are eaten are killed by a variety of interesting methods. A favourite is slow suffocation by hanging as they are bled out, another method is beating them to death to tendorize the meat or boiling them alive. And this doesn’t take into account the misery endured by their ‘care’ and transport prior to their horrific end. Maybe you get some brand of pleasure eating meat produced in such a way but frankly I’d rather starve to death.

As for the problem of illness and overpopulation there are good solid programs in place in Bali that are desexing and treating the skin and internal ailments the native dogs suffer. These organisations do good work and run on donation money. They are working towards a final goal of a diminishing but healthy street dog population. I am in favour of this method of dealing with the problem as I believe the word ‘humane’ which is derived from the ‘human’ should actually mean something.