Another thing.
Kadek mentioned the anecdote with the coloured chicken of her nieces.
Padma ( her brother) was not pleased to have this chicken on his compound, that was exactly the time when Avian flue was the big theme around the world, with Indonesia on top.
Probably the chicks were form Java ( but also Bali had officially reported cases of chicken flue), soon one after the other got sick, one or two died and Padma was hesitant to let the rest “disappear” because of the girls.
I was almost preaching on him to get rid of them.
I personally never witnessed that Balinese would treat animals worse than anywhere else in the world, yes animal sacrifices are discussable, but this is a matter of religion and religion is also hardly discussable – any religion.
Let’s talk about the street dogs – in any Western country they would have already “disappeared”, they are a pest for Bali and nursing them is not the solution, sorry guys.
I was raised with dogs and we always had dogs, I consider myself as an animal lover, but this will not mean to lack any kind of sense for reality.
Best regards
Thorsten
