Governor repeats mistake that touched off an island-wide rabies outbreak DENPASAR, Bali, Indonesia––If the definition of insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly, each time expecting a different result, Bali governor Made Mangku Pastika on June 26, 2014 fitted himself for a strait jacket. Disregarding four years of steady progress toward quelling a canine […]
De-worming makes a real-life “slum dog millionaire”
“De-worm and fix the poor mutt and he’ll probably be just fine. “ “I walk through Kalhaar daily with my own two former roadway dogs, so I know all the street dogs here,” e-mailed Dogstop founder Lisa Warden on August 1, 2009 from the suburbs of Ahmedabad, India, attaching several photos of a terribly emaciated puppy. “The dog pictured here […]
Perilous pathogens & pathological PR: the rabies war in Bali
by Lisa Warden, director, DOGSTOP Re “Dog-eating, dogfighting, & corruption feed recurring rabies outbreaks in Bali,” posted by ANIMALS 24-7 on May 1, 2014, the ongoing experience in Bali provides an excellent case study in trial and error, at the cost of human and animal lives. The […]