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Bali Animal Welfare Association (BAWA) is a non-profit organization based in Bali, Indonesia. BAWA works to save, protect and improve the lives of all animals in Bali and beyond.

Organisation
BAWA relieves the suffering of animals by providing emergency response and animal rescue, food and medication, rehabilitation and adoption.

BAWA practices humane population control, disease control and runs intensive education and advocacy programs for sustainable improvement to animal welfare now and into the future.

BAWA responds to alerts of any animal in distress – from snakes to dolphins. A key focus is Bali’s Heritage Dog – the island’s genetically unique street dog that is under threat.

History
Bali Animal Welfare Association was founded in 2007 by Janice Girardi, an American resident in Bali for more than 30 years, and leading Indonesian veterinarian Dr Dewa Made Dharma.

Janice has supported animal welfare projects in Bali for more than a decade and funds much of BAWA’s expanding work from her own resources. Janice lives in the Bali regency of Gianyar with her rescued Bali dogs and various little creatures in need that check in for love and attention to prepare them for a better life.

24/7 Hotline & Ambulance
BAWA operates its emergency response Hotline around the clock in case people need advice about animal medication and care. BAWA’s 24/7 free animal ambulance service receives around 40 calls every day and rescues and treats more than 1000 animals in distress every year.

Rehabilitation & Adoption
BAWA finds and settles rescued animals into permanent homes. Approximately 60 rehabilitated animals every month are placed with suitable humans in loving homes.

Humane Population Control
BAWA supports humane management of Bali’s cat and dog populations to achieve levels at which all dogs and cats can be adequately fed and cared for, free from suffering. Many unwanted Bali dogs are poisoned, shot, abused, left without food and water or are dumped and left to die. BAWA supports spay / neuter sterilisation for 60-70% of dogs in an area.

Street Feeding
BAWA supplies nutritionally balanced meals to hundreds of street dogs every day. Most of the dogs have no other source of food. BAWA’s job prevents hunger, lethargy and illness. BAWA also delivers dog food to foster homes and to poor people around Bali who love their dogs but have trouble paying for their food.

Education & Advocacy
BAWA programs provide a response to animal cruelty and suffering in Bali, but preventing it from happening is BAWA’s ultimate goal. BAWA’s work is helping to change behaviours and attitudes towards animals in Bali and beyond. BAWA is in schools and communities every day, teaching animal welfare and compassion for animals to end cruelty and neglect. BAWA advocates for reform of outdated Indonesian animal welfare laws, harsher penalties and better law enforcement.

BAWA investigates and advocates against inhumane animals markets, blood sports such as organised dog fighting, the shocking dog meat trade and more.