Bali is full of street dogs, hundreds, thousands maybe. Some of them look terrible, full of ticks and diseases. But many wear collars and seem to below to someone. Lisa had told me the morning before i left about how Balinese people seem to think different about life and death of people and animals. Her maids toss the dead cats in the garbage bin and when a family member dies they seem to see it as fact of life and do not seem to mourn a lot but instead spend a lot of time worshiping their ancestors (not their dead dogs though). Lisa´s dogs although well taken care of look terrible as there are just too many ticks and parasites here.
A few days ago i was driving to the west side if Bali in the mountains and in front of my a guy on a motorbike stopped because there was a hurt dog on the road. I stopped as well and we tried to lift the dog up but is was trying to bite us. Since there is a lot of rabies in Bali we tried to wrap him in some palm leaves but he did not let us. The dog managed to drag himself to the side of the road. The situation was a bit dangerous since it was just after a bend in the road with lots of trucks coming around the corner. The Indonesian guy with the motor bike asked if i wanted to take the dog to a doctor but then a woman arrived, Balinese and she said it was her dog. She laughed when the dog tried to get up and laughed when we mentioned the doctor. The Indonesian guy said he was sorry but he had to leave because he had to pick up his son. I was left with the dog and the Indonesian lady who walked back home and did not seem to be interested anymore. The dog was lying beside the road..... I tried to gain his confidence but he tried to bite me again. It was almost dark and i had no hotel yet. The jeep was standing halfway on the road and the trucks coming around the corner were beeping their horns. I did not know what to do; in the middle of nowhere in the dark with a half dead dog ......
I did something I think i would have never done in Europe but I left the poor dog there..... Do morals change when you are in another country? I had to think all night about the poor dog. I felt so bad all night and went back the next day but was nowhere to be seen. I never ever thought i could have left a dog like that but i did....
http://www.smh.com.au/travel/travel-news/rabid-dogs-bite-a-chunk-out-of-balis-tourist-trade-20101003-162qm.html
