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SAVE BALI DOGS! Help Eliminate the Cruel Treatment of Animals in Indonesia.

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To the Police General, the Government of Indonesia, the Governor of Bali and Minister of Tourism:

Please take a moment to sign an important petition requesting the Indonesian Government to create an effective law against cruelty to dogs.   Every day in Bali dogs are poisoned or stolen, often for meat.  Others are starved, beaten or neglected, but there is no law to protect them. The Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) works proactively to educate children in the correct treatment of companion animals and provides free medical care to street dogs and dogs owned by Balinese including sterilization, ambulance services and a rescue program.  But without effective animal welfare laws, BAWA is handicapped.


We need another 1,600 signatures to meet our target.  If you love dogs, please sign this petition and add your voice to ours.  Then send this to as many people as you can.  If you're interested in other ways to help us, please visit http://www.bawabali.com/


As Bali residents and visitors, we are deeply concerned and distressed by the widespread suffering of dogs on the island.  This includes poisoning, theft of dogs, confinement in the hot sun without water, and other horrific cruelties.


This animal suffering causes considerable human suffering too. It is shocking for Balinese and foreign residents to find their pets poisoned and suffering a horrible death. Such events are often also witnessed by tourists who return to their home countries with negative stories of inhumane animal treatment, thereby discouraging family and friends from visiting Bali and, consequently, undermining our important tourism industry.   In addition, food stalls (RW warungs) sell dog meat from pets and street dogs killed by poisoning with potassium cyanide. Such meat can and does cause serious health problems and, potentially, even death in humans.


Many countries throughout the world have, and enforce, comprehensive laws that protect the welfare of animals. It would reflect well on Indonesia if such laws were in place and enforced here.


We therefore urge the development and enforcement of comprehensive laws that prohibit the poisoning of any dogs and the stealing of companion animals, and that prohibit the cruel treatment of animals generally.

Please take a moment to sign an important petition requesting the Indonesian Government to create an effective law against cruelty to dogs.   Every day in Bali dogs are poisoned or stolen, often for meat.  Others are starved, beaten or neglected, but there is no law to protect them. The Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) works proactively to educate children in the correct treatment of companion animals and provides free medical care to street dogs and dogs owned by Balinese including sterilization, ambulance services and a rescue program.  But without effective animal welfare laws, BAWA is handicapped.


We need another 1,600 signatures to meet our target.  If you love dogs, please sign this petition and add your voice to ours.  Then send this to as many people as you can.  If you're interested in other ways to help us, please visit http://www.bawabali.com/


As Bali residents and visitors, we are deeply concerned and distressed by the widespread suffering of dogs on the island.  This includes poisoning, theft of dogs, confinement in the hot sun without water, and other horrific cruelties.


This animal suffering causes considerable human suffering too. It is shocking for Balinese and foreign residents to find their pets poisoned and suffering a horrible death. Such events are often also witnessed by tourists who return to their home countries with negative stories of inhumane animal treatment, thereby discouraging family and friends from visiting Bali and, consequently, undermining our important tourism industry.   In addition, food stalls (RW warungs) sell dog meat from pets and street dogs killed by poisoning with potassium cyanide. Such meat can and does cause serious health problems and, potentially, even death in humans.


Many countries throughout the world have, and enforce, comprehensive laws that protect the welfare of animals. It would reflect well on Indonesia if such laws were in place and enforced here.


We therefore urge the development and enforcement of comprehensive laws that prohibit the poisoning of any dogs and the stealing of companion animals, and that prohibit the cruel treatment of animals generally.

As Bali residents and visitors, we are deeply concerned and distressed by the widespread suffering of dogs on the island.  This includes poisoning, theft of dogs, confinement in the hot sun without water, and other horrific cruelties.


This animal suffering causes considerable human suffering too. It is shocking for Balinese and foreign residents to find their pets poisoned and suffering a horrible death. Such events are often also witnessed by tourists who return to their home countries with negative stories of inhumane animal treatment, thereby discouraging family and friends from visiting Bali and, consequently, undermining our important tourism industry.   In addition, food stalls (RW warungs) sell dog meat from pets and street dogs killed by poisoning with potassium cyanide. Such meat can and does cause serious health problems and, potentially, even death in humans.


Many countries throughout the world have, and enforce, comprehensive laws that protect the welfare of animals. It would reflect well on Indonesia if such laws were in place and enforced here.

We therefore urge the development and enforcement of comprehensive laws that prohibit the poisoning of any dogs and the stealing of companion animals, and that prohibit the cruel treatment of animals generally.

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We signed the "SAVE BALI DOGS! Help Eliminate the Cruel Treatment of Animals in Indonesia." petition!
# 1,478:
8:16 pm PST, Nov 21, Angela Gunawan, Indonesia
dogs are men best friend. give a little love and care, they will give you all their life
# 1,477:
2:20 pm PST, Nov 21, Erin Staples, Oregon
I was recently in Bali, and did not see evidence of cruelty (and I sure hope I was not fed dog!), but did see many, many stray dogs that looked very sickly. It's a very sad sight. I wanted to reach out to them, but could not. Please help the street dogs.
# 1,476:
1:47 am PST, Nov 21, Name not displayed, Australia
# 1,475:
8:51 pm PST, Nov 20, Kanjini Devi, Malaysia
Please help BAWA to help the beautiful dogs in Bali, some wandering helpless and defenceless in the streets. Some are injured and some very ill. Please help to protect these beautiful creatures who only love you back, regardless of how you treat them. We, as human beings, are supposed to be the most evolved species on the planet. Please show these innocent creatures that this is true, that we care for their health and their well being.
# 1,474:
12:56 am PST, Nov 20, Isabella ratna sari Mutiara, Indonesia
# 1,473:
7:25 pm PST, Nov 19, Name not displayed, Indonesia
# 1,472:
7:09 pm PST, Nov 19, Name not displayed, Kazakhstan
# 1,471:
9:55 am PST, Nov 19, Karen Reed, California
# 1,470:
9:31 am PST, Nov 19, Name not displayed, Seychelles
Save all dogs!!!
# 1,469:
8:48 am PST, Nov 19, Oxana Oreshkina, Kazakhstan
We should protect creations on this earth we are responsible.
# 1,468:
5:11 am PST, Nov 19, Name not displayed, Netherlands
Save all dogs !
# 1,467:
1:33 am PST, Nov 19, Andrew Jerry, Malaysia
hang your heads in shame you are a tourist country and tourists do not agree with cruelty towards animals
# 1,466:
2:38 am PST, Nov 18, Hendrata Loekman, Indonesia
# 1,465:
1:26 am PST, Nov 18, Judy Pavlic, Australia
All animals need to be treated with respect. Dogs are God's creatures too.
# 1,464:
7:04 pm PST, Nov 17, Name not displayed, Singapore
# 1,463:
6:30 am PST, Nov 17, Name not displayed, California
# 1,462:
4:24 am PST, Nov 17, Weilin Cheng, California
I was just in Bali this month on vacation, and ran into a Bali street puppy being thrown into a trash heap. She was a lovely capuccino brown. My guess is the person thought that would help the puppy learn how to eat from the trash. She was only a few weeks old. My travel companion and myself just could not bear to leave her there. We picked it up, went to the internet cafe, found Yayasan Yudisthira Swarga, got a driver and brought it there. They assured me it will be brought to the shelter in Ubud for adoption. The puppy was so scared and shivering when we found her, and stopped shivering once on my lap in the van. I would have loved to adopt her, but I live in an apartment with 2 dogs already. She was as cute as they came and someone will be very lucky to have her in their life. Bali is such a lovely place, except for these poor animals roaming the streets, which really put a damper on my peaceful vacation. Please help the Balinese people learn to take care of them, and support organizations like Yayasan Yudisthira Swarga to control the population. Thank you.
# 1,461:
10:34 pm PST, Nov 16, Aidan Power, Australia
# 1,460:
8:00 pm PST, Nov 16, Name not displayed, Indonesia
Anjing, Kucing dan hewan lainnya yg menemani manusia sejak lama, biarpun mereka tidak dirawat dengan sepantasnya, atau bahkan tidak diberikan makanan yg layak. Mereka tetap setia dan mengasihi manusia yg menjadi tuannya. Jd manusia yang mengaku sebagai mahkluk 'termulia' tidak sepantasnya melakukan ini. Manusia, makhluk yg berakal budi seharusnya memperhatikan dan merawat lingkungan dan makhluk lain yg memerlukan perhatiannya. Bukannya membunuh dan memakannya. Itu benar-benar tindakan yang tidak bermoral. Semuga bumi semakin penuh kasih
# 1,459:
7:46 pm PST, Nov 16, Linda Doherty, Australia
I am a recent visitor to Bali and enjoyed my stay, the one distressing part was the state of some of the street dogs, the cruelty has to stop NOW to protect these wonderful companions from any more suffering,thank you.
# 1,458:
7:30 pm PST, Nov 16, Terence Doherty, Australia
please show the world that indonesia has a responsible goverment and that it does care about animal cruelty and will bring in laws to stop these defenceles animals from suffering and neglect.The children of indonesia also need to be educated ao enable them to carry on this message in the future.I have been to Ubud and love the Bali culture,but to see starving and neglected dogs will keep lots of tourists from coming back to your wonderful country as it is very distressing and could be avoided by some good laws and to show the government truly cares.Please please do something to help,Thankyou in advance,Terry Doherty.
# 1,457:
7:03 pm PST, Nov 16, Char Rutherford-Gray, Thailand
Our 14 year old dog is a rescue dog from the streets of Bali and continues to bring joy to our lives every day. We must all do what we can to try to stop the cruelty to animals in all countries of the world.
# 1,456:
6:59 pm PST, Nov 16, Gillian Dalley, Thailand
# 1,455:
6:51 pm PST, Nov 16, Cristy Baker, Australia
Please work together in eliminating animal cruelty!
# 1,454:
4:40 pm PST, Nov 16, Susan Michael, Australia
Cruelty to any being or animal is not acceptable. Especially a poor defenseless animal who has no voice and doesn't ask for very much but gives its owners or the person who feeds it unconditional love.
# 1,453:
4:20 pm PST, Nov 16, Lisa Pavlic, Australia
# 1,452:
2:21 pm PST, Nov 16, Mariska Catsman-Okkersen, Netherlands
# 1,451:
1:51 am PST, Nov 15, Maureen Jeans, Australia
Please have respect for animals - they should be treated as we expect to be treated - they feel the same pain as we humans do
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