Doggoned tale: Dog gets burned by neighbor in Jimbaran, owner decides to distribute pamphlets warning about animal cruelty, pamphlets get burned

Pino the pup, before and after he was allegedly burned by a very cruel neighbor. Photo: I Made Putra Wahyuda via Kumparan
Pino the pup, before and after he was allegedly burned by a very cruel neighbor. Photo: I Made Putra Wahyuda via Kumparan

In a cruel twist of fate, a dog owner in Jimbaran, Bali, had his pamphlets warning about violence against animals in the community vandalized after he created them in response to his pet allegedly getting brutally abused by his neighbor.

Balinese teen Made Putra Wahyuda, 19, alleges his dog Pino was taken and burned by his neighbor on Dec. 7.

Photos have been circulating the Bali net of a poor pooch with singed fur and what appear to be red, burnt skin, along with photos of the tattered pamphlets. 

Wahyuda says he saved Pino just in time as his neighbor was about to shoot the dog with an airsoft gun.

While what the neighbor allegedly did is criminal—though not often strictly enforced, Indonesia does have animal cruelty laws against torturing and arbitrarily killing animals—Wahyuda says he does not want to bring his case to the police.

He instead decided to create a handout warning his community about the alleged animal cruelty to distribute around his neighborhood, according to a report by Kumparan.

“(Friday) afternoon, around 5pm, I along with two younger brothers posted pamphlets around our residential area, so that residents who have pets will be careful,” said Astiti Wahyuni, a sibling of Wahyuda.

But just a few hours after putting up the pamphlets, Wahyuda saw that his warning notices had been vandalized.

“After posting the pamphlets, Wahyuda went home and at about 7:30pm, he came out that his pamphlets were destroyed,” said Astiti.

Some were pulled down, burned on the edges, or even thrown in the gutter, Astiti added.

Pino flyer
Someone seems to have torched the flyers warning about the alleged violence against Pino. Photo: I Made Putra Wahyuda via Kumparan
Pino
Pino, not in good shape. Photo: I Made Putra Wahyuda via Kumparan

Astiti insists that the family has no intention of reporting the dog’s abuse to the authorities and that they believe karma will kick in–a force they appear to have much stronger confidence in than local law enforcement. 

“Yes, let it go. We Hindus believe in the law of karma.

“In the future, the perpetrator will certainly be punished by karma and hopefully he’ll become self aware.”

Hearing about Wahyuda’s dog getting burned, Anisa Ratna Kurnia  secretary of the Indonesian NGO Animal Guards of Indonesia, condemned the perpetrator.

“If a person has the heart to burn something alive, that’s a sign of a psychopath,” Kurnia told Kumparan.

“For psychopaths, animals lives have no value. They will be satisfied if they see others suffering and being tortured. This is dangerous and can affect people,” she added.



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