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.