'Dog elimination day': inside Bali's confronting street battle to beat rabies

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated November 1 2015 - 10:08am, first published October 14 2015 - 9:52am
A dog being shot with a strychnine-laced dart.  Photo: Allan Putra
A dog being shot with a strychnine-laced dart. Photo: Allan Putra
An emotional Ketut Pujana after his dog was killed in a dog elimination in Aan village, Klungkung as part of the battle against rabies. Photo: Allan Putra
An emotional Ketut Pujana after his dog was killed in a dog elimination in Aan village, Klungkung as part of the battle against rabies. Photo: Allan Putra
Strychnine-laced darts being prepared for the dog elimination.  Photo: Allan Putra
Strychnine-laced darts being prepared for the dog elimination. Photo: Allan Putra
Dogs killed in a cull are loaded onto a truck. Photo: Allan Putra
Dogs killed in a cull are loaded onto a truck. Photo: Allan Putra
Children walk past dogs killed in a cull. Photo: Allan Putra
Children walk past dogs killed in a cull. Photo: Allan Putra

Klungkung, Bali: Ketut Pujana is being dragged away from his dead dog.