Bali Street Dog

Bali Street Dog Spay/Neuter Programme

Working to reduce the number of unhealthy and neglected dogs living on the streets of Bali.

There are an estimated one million street dogs in Bali, Indonesia. Over 90% of these dogs suffer from skin parasites and fungus, internal parasites, parvo virus, distemper, malnutrition, maggot infestation, infected wounds, broken limbs or a combination of these painful and debilitating ailments. The dogs are left to fend for themselves without veterinary care or a constant food source. A slow and agonising death is inevitable to most.

Yudisthira is committed to reducing the number of street dogs in Bali and significantly improving the health of the existing dogs.

The Bali Street Dog Spay/Neuter Program, established by Yudisthira approximately nine years ago, has so far prevented the birth of hundreds of thousands of unwanted dogs.

With the use of mobile veterinary clinics, the Program sterilises up to 100 street dogs per day. In addition, the dogs are provided with basic veterinary care for skin infection, wounds and parasites.

The mobile veterinary clinics move into Balinese villages and designated tourist areas and remain on-site until all dogs within that vicinity are sterilised and/or treated.

Of course, you just need to ride around the streets of Bali to realise that there are still many more dogs that are in desperate need of assistance. We are asking for your help to reach out to these dogs.

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Bali Street Dog Sterilisation Program

The Problem

There are an estimated one million street dogs in Bali, Indonesia. Over 90% of these dogs suffer from skin parasites and fungus, internal parasites, parvo virus, distemper, malnutrition, maggot infestation, infected wounds, broken limbs or a combination of these painful and debilitating ailments. The dogs are left to fend for themselves without veterinary care or a constant food source. A slow and agonising death is inevitable to most.

The impact of the street dogs on Balinese society is significant:

• The dogs have the potential to spread disease and illness to the Balinese people and to other dogs
• The dogs are susceptible to any newly introduced disease because the condition of the dogs is poor and the immune systems are fragile (the introduction of rabies is a constant threat to residents and would devastate the Island)
• The unhealthy, malnourished appearance of the dogs deters international tourists from visiting the Island
• The street dogs chase, torment and bite the Balinese people and international tourists
• The dogs living on the streets cause an estimated 85% of vehicle accidents in Bali (figure obtained from the Indonesian Ministry for Agriculture)

The Solution

Dog Aid International is currently working with the Bali Street Dog Foundation (Yayasan Yudisthira Swarga) to expand an extremely successful dog population control program.

The Bali Street Dog Sterilisation Programme, established by the Bali Street Dog Foundation approximately nine years ago, has so far prevented the birth of literally hundreds of thousands of dogs in Bali.

With the use of mobile veterinary clinics, the Program sterilises up to 100 street dogs per day. In addition, the dogs are provided with basic veterinary care for skin infection, wounds and parasites.

The mobile veterinary clinics move into Balinese villages and designated tourist areas and remain on-site until all dogs within that vicinity are sterilised and/or treated.

DOGS STREET

Bali Street Dog Foundation
Yayasan Yudisthira Swarga

Yayasan Yudisthira Swarga has been the official Bali Street Dog Foundation since 1997. Yudisthira is a not-for-profit animal welfare organisation dedicated to reducing the number of unhealthy and neglected street dogs living in Bali, Indonesia. We work to achieve this by:

• Partnering with Balinese universities to ensure the provision of a high standard of veterinary services within Bali;
• Providing for the additional training and education of qualified Balinese veterinarians;
• Implementing humane dog population control programs; and
• Providing veterinary care to the street dogs in Bali to improve their overall general health.

Yudisthira receives no Government funding and is totally dependent upon donations, grants and sponsorship.

Mission Statement

“To ensure the people of Bali, Indonesia have access to a high-standard of veterinary services and to make certain these services are utilised in the provision of local and

We Need Your Help

Have you ever visited Bali and felt saddened and distressed by the malnourished and ill street dogs? Do you desperately want to help these dogs but just have no idea where to go or what to do?

The Bali Street Dog Spay/Neuter Program has prevented the birth of literally hundreds of thousands of street dogs in Bali, and has provided basic veterinary care to the dogs that already exist. We need your help to ensure the continuation of this extremely successful and effective Program. Yudisthira welcomes all donations, no matter how small, to assist with the Bali Street Dog Spay/Neuter Program.

DOGS STREET

Letter to Consul-General

March 5th, 2009 by admin

As many of you now know, rabies was confirmed in Bali in November 2008. We are deeply concerned about the ineffectiveness of the government’s current program to control this disease. Although the Balinese government has initiated education, vaccination and elimination programs to control rabies; they are still limiting the distribution of rabies vaccines and are poisoning healthy, owned dogs using strychnine (a poison known to cause agonizing deaths and deemed inhumane). The government has also encouraged the Balinese to kill street dogs randomly and this has resulted in a dramatic increase in cruelty cases. There are still no animal welfare laws in Indonesia.

We have been trying to convince the government that they need to follow World Health Organisation (WHO) guidelines which outline that at least 70% of the total dog and cat population must be vaccinated against rabies in order to control this disease. Financially, it is more economical to pre-vaccinate the population of dogs and cats against rabies than it is to provide post-exposure vaccines and treatment to human bite victims. Furthermore, all scientific evidence has shown that reducing the population of dogs through culling programs has no impact on controlling the spread of rabies and therefore is ineffective.

We need international support to convince the Government of Bali that the use of strychnine is inhumane and that mass culling of dogs will have no impact on disease control.

We need your help to get the message across to the Indonesian government that Australians will not visit a holiday destination where animals are treated so badly. Please help us by sending a letter to the Indonesian Consul-General in your state. A sample letter can be downloaded here :-