Posted on 06/19/2017 2:01:22 PM PDT by Red Badger
Australian tourists are unwittingly eating dog meat in Bali, according to evidence provided to the ABC's 7.30 program.
The animals are brutally caught and then butchered not far from the beaches visited by more than 1 million Australians every year.
Some of the animals are poisoned, posing a risk to human health, according to a leading toxicologist.
Whilst eating dog meat is not illegal in Bali, killing animals cruelly or eating meat contaminated with poison is against the law, Animals Australia's campaign director Lyn White said.
"The dog-meat trade breaches animal cruelty laws and food safety laws. That is a statement of fact," she said.
In an investigation led by Animals Australia (AA), 7.30 has obtained evidence that dogs are being bludgeoned, strangled or poisoned for human consumption.
"Dog meat is essentially filtering into the tourist food chain [in Bali]," Ms White said.
Behind 66 Beach in the tourist area of Seminyak, in southern Bali, a street vendor admits he's selling dog.
AA investigator: "What is that you're selling?"
Vendor: "Dog satay."
AA investigator: "This is why you have a picture of a dog here?"
Vendor: "Yeah, yeah."
But he tells tourists a different story.
A group of Australians asks the vendor if the satays are dog meat.
Vendor: "Satay just $1."
Australian: "Mystery bag. What is, chicken?"
Vendor: "Satay."
Australian: "Satay chicken, not dog?"
Vendor: "No, not dog."
Australian: "I'm happy just as long as it's not dog."
Misled, they unknowingly eat the dog meat.
It's not just being sold on the beach — specialty restaurants sell dog meat as well.
"Tourists will walk down a street, they'll see a street store selling satay but what they are not realising is the letters RW on the store mean it is dog meat being served," Ms White said.
"They're just sitting down ordering satay having no idea that they're eating dog."
Warning: the rest of this story contains images and descriptions that some people may find distressing.
Terrified dogs caught, muzzled and put into bags
Over four months, an undercover investigator for Animals Australia infiltrated the dog trade in Bali. To protect his identity we have called him 'Luke'.
"I began the investigation by pinpointing and getting to know the key players in Bali's completely unregulated dog-meat industry," he said.
"Eventually, they invited me to join them as their gangs stole, hunted, poisoned and killed dogs."
Pretending to be a documentary maker interested in local cuisine, Luke was invited by a restaurant owner to witness his father, Pak Puris, catching dogs in Kintamani in Bali's north.
"The catching was fiercely aggressive. The dogs screamed and writhed as the noose strangled them. Some tried to bite through the ties to free themselves but with their muzzles lashed, their attempts were futile," Luke said.
"The villagers accepted 100,000Rp ($10) for the animals they caught. The terrified dogs were bagged and loaded onto the motorbike and the hunters headed off."
7.30 meets Luke in the tourist hotspot area of Seminyak. After seeing his vision, we ask: how do you cope filming such horror?
"As an animal cruelty investigator, I have trained myself to cope with cruelty, but nothing prepared me for the brutal catching of dogs in the village," he said.
"I focussed on my camera work but it was gut-wrenching to hear these dogs ... screaming and wailing in terror and sorrow."
During dinner, Luke gets a phone call. A contact tells him where captured dogs are being held for slaughter. We make plans to go there.
Bound dogs bludgeoned to death
We drive for four hours to Bali's north. It's near dusk when we stop and Luke leads us towards an outcrop of trees at the back of a rice paddy.
Behind the trees, a small tin-roofed hut shelters a tethered cow. Opposite is a bamboo cage holding seven dogs, muzzled and bound by the legs with vinyl tape.
It is dark inside. The dogs are lying in their own urine and faeces. They whimper and strain to breathe through the tape that binds their mouths shut.
A dog's leg dangles by a rope from the tin roof. The scene is confronting.
What you don’t know won’t hurt you m
And, don’t go to Bali if you’re concerned about this.
I would imagine that it’s not just Bali, but just about any 3rd world tourist spot...................
Anything for a dollar. Horrid!
The dogs are a part of the family economy — they eat scraps, they warn of strangers, they keep away the rodents, and ultimately, they are worth $10 to the dog “hunters”. They are no more pets then are the pigs.
Muslims hate dogs.
Tells you all you need to know about muslims.
“...not just Bali, but just about any 3rd world tourist spot...”
There are no old pit bulls in Philly.
In the early 60s I ate BBQ’d dog meat on the beach of Miraflores Peru. But they were right up front about it in Spanish, which I don’t speak. My Dad, who was from there, had a big laugh at the look on my face when he told me what it was. But I do have to admit that it tasted pretty dang good.
As long as they tell you beforehand.....................
But they have lots of Philly Cheese steaks..................
Yeah, never forget that it is OK for a muzz to have sex with his goat, but cannot eat it after. No prohibition to selling it to your neighbor or a tourist as Satay.
Just curious, did you happen to watch the videos at the website? If not, they might change your mind and your cavalier attitude........
Screw the turd world, I’m staying home.
Unbelievable! It makes me wonder if God made a mistake in creating man........
Bali would be better if they let the dogs run around like terrorists and cooked the Moslems.
“Satay!”
“But is it moslems?”
“Satay...”
In Spanish, “perro” is dog and “pero” is but. So, be sure you are eating perro, not pero. It’s all in how they roll the r’s.
I did not.
Thanks for the extra info.
This is probably also the case in half the Mexican and Chinese restaurants in L.A.
Ahh, diversity!
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