Fewer cattle to be sacrificed by Jakartans<\/p>\n
Ahmad Junaidi, The Jakarta Post, Jakarta<\/p>\n
The city administration predicted on Wednesday that the demand
\nfor cattle and goats, for the Islamic Day of Sacrifice (Idul
\nAdha) this Friday would decrease by 30 percent due to the recent
\nfloods.<\/p>\n
President of city-owned slaughter house PD Dharma Jaya Prabowo
\nMoenirman said people had opted to use their money to repair
\ntheir damaged houses rather than buy cattle for slaughter.<\/p>\n
"Of course, repairing their houses would come before
\nsacrificing cattle this year," Prabowo told reporters after
\nmeeting Governor Sutiyoso at City Hall.<\/p>\n
Last year, about 4,500 cattle and 30,000 goats were
\nslaughtered in the city.<\/p>\n
Prabowo said the administration would distribute the meat of
\n20 cows and 120 goats during the Day of Sacrifice to flood
\nvictims across the city.<\/p>\n
He also predicted the price of cattle and goats would increase
\nby 10 percent this year due to the current floods which also
\ndevastated other areas, such as Central Java and East Java which
\nusually supply livestock to the city.<\/p>\n
"However, the number of livestock is sufficient and the
\nanimals are in a healthy condition," he added.<\/p>\n
Several supermarkets are offering cows at an average price of
\nRp 2.5 million and goats at Rp 500,000.<\/p>\n
During last year's Day of Sacrifice, an anthrax scare followed
\nan outbreak of anthrax in Bogor, which claimed several lives.<\/p>\n
The city husbandry agency then provided free medicine and
\nissued certificates to declare the cattle disease-free before the
\ncattle were sold in the markets.<\/p>\n
Although the city administration predicted a decrease in
\ncattle demand and a hike in prices, the Istiqlal Grand Mosque has
\nannounced it will slaughter seven cows and 11 goats, a slight
\nincrease from last year's six cows and 11 goats.<\/p>",
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