Livestock sold here without document

Livestock sold here without document

JAKARTA: Most sales of livestock here ahead of Idul Adha (Day
of Sacrifice) are illegal, said an official of the City Animal
Husbandry and Fisheries Agency on Tuesday.

"We find it difficult to monitor the health of livestock
traded here ahead of the festivity as most of them are brought by
traders from areas outside Jakarta," said Chaidir Taufik.

He said that none of the traders had reported their livestock
to the agency, so far.

According to Bylaw No. 8/1989 on meat and livestock trade
control, traders must report any livestock entering Jakarta
markets to the agency to obtain a health certificate.

Chaidir said, however, the agency had no plan to impose stern
actions to traders for violating the bylaw, arguing that "those
traders only make a living during the religious festivity." -- JP.