Watch out for boar meat!<\/p>\n
From Suara Karya<\/p>\n
The mass media in Jakarta has contained news about the illegal
\nsale of boar meat which is sold as beef, not in local government-
\nowned markets but in other places. The marketing system of the
\nmeat vendors is reportedly modern enough, namely by using box
\ntrucks just like those used in the sale of beef.<\/p>\n
As a person who has lived in Bengkulu long enough, I am of the
\nopinion that consuming boar meet can be harmful to one's health.
\nBesides, it is forbidden to Muslims.<\/p>\n
Therefore the public should pay close attention to the recent
\nappeal of the Jakarta Animal Husbandry Agency concerning the
\ncurrent marketing of boar meat which is sold as beef. There are
\nindications that some of the boar meat has come from Bengkulu
\nwhere hunting of boars has occurred for years because boars breed
\nlike mice -- their population in Bengkulu is estimated at between
\n15,000 to 20,000 -- and they are extremely harmful to the farmers
\nand villagers in general. The boars damage or destroy rice-fields
\nand eat roots and corn. They are locally called kaput and
\ncategorized as the number-one enemy of the local people of north
\nand south Bengkulu.<\/p>\n
It appears that in addition to exporting boar meat to
\nSingapore, certain hunters have begun to supply the people of
\nJakarta with boar meat under the guise of beef, using certain
\nmodus operandi and covert techniques.<\/p>\n
Good heavens!<\/p>\n
VALERY E. SETIAWAN<\/p>\n
Bengkulu<\/p>", "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/watch-out-for-boar-meat-1447893297", "image": "" }, "sponsor": "Okusi Associates", "sponsor_url": "https:\/\/okusiassociates.com" }