Dogs and cats off the streets

Dogs and cats off the streets

JAKARTA: To prevent a possible rabies breakout, the North
Jakarta animal husbandry and veterinary agency has been busy
rounding up stray cats and dogs.

The agency's director, Sugiman, was quoted by
beritajakarta.com on Monday as saying that the effort was being
made as his agency occasionally received reports of people being
bitten by rabid dogs, although there had been no significant rise
in the number of rabies victims.

Sugiman further said that the captured animals were sent to
Ragunan Zoo in South Jakarta, where fit and healthy ones would be
caged or given to any residents interested in adopting them as
pets. The unfit animals would be put down by lethal injection.

The agency has rounded up some 20 cats and 50 dogs since
March, mostly in the districts of Ancol, Pademangan, Cilincing,
Koja, Warakas and Tanjung Priok. -- JP