Warning: distressing images

Australian tourists are unwittingly eating dog meat in Bali and supporting a racket that steals and brutally kills the animals, an investigation has uncovered.

A dog screams as it's captured. Credit:Animals Australia

In distressing footage, shot by animal rights organisation Animals Australia, dogs are seen being cruelly captured and killed before their meat is served on the Indonesian island's beaches.

Balinese gangs are seen trapping dogs with wire nooses before the animals are bound and bagged and taken to crude slaughterhouses.