52,500 livestock for Idul Adha

52,500 livestock for Idul Adha

JAKARTA (JP): The city administration has prepared 50,000 goats and 2,500 cows to secure an adequate supply of sacrificial livestock for the Islamic Day of Sacrifice (Idul Adha), which falls on May 10.

Soemitro, head of the City Livestock Office, said over the weekend that the provision of livestock was being conducted by his staff in cooperation with livestock traders and a number of livestock producing centers in Central Java, West Java and Yogyakarta.

He said that, in order to keep the livestock healthy, his office had distributed anti-stress medicine to livestock traders.

"The medicine is provided free of charge," Soemitro added. (31)