NTB Provincial Government Prepares 30,000 Cattle for Sacrifice to be Sent to Jabodetabek Region

The West Nusa Tenggara Provincial Government is preparing 30,000 head of cattle to fulfil the needs of sacrificial animals in the Jakarta, Bogor, Depok, Tangerang, and Bekasi (Jabodetabek) region for Eid al-Adha 1447 Hijriah. “This is specifically for the needs of Eid al-Adha in the Jabodetabek area,” said the Head of the NTB Livestock and Animal Health Service, Muhammad Riadi, in Mataram on Sunday. He explained that initially, 21,000 head of cattle were prepared. However, midway through, there was an additional request for 9,000 head of cattle shipped from Sumbawa. “They have started being sent by livestock entrepreneurs. They are using land routes with tronton trucks from Bima, Lombok, Surabaya,” he said. According to him, the early shipment of the cattle is to avoid congestion in port areas as occurred in previous years at Poto Tano Port in West Sumbawa Regency and Gili Mas Port in West Lombok. “We have scheduled this. We must not wait until just before Eid al-Adha to send them, leading to a buildup of queues of cattle transport trucks in the port areas. That’s why we are taking anticipatory measures starting now,” he explained. Furthermore, Riadi said that the regulation of the cattle export is based on the NTB Governor’s Decision Number 100.3.3.1-649 of 2025 regarding the Quota for the Export of Fattening Cattle and Buffaloes Within and Outside the Region as well as the Import of Cattle in NTB for 2026. For the details of the fattening cattle export quota from NTB, it totals 52,517 head. Meanwhile, the buffalo quota is 2,550 head. The largest quota comes from Bima Regency with 17,500 head of cattle. Sumbawa 17,000 head of cattle, Dompu 13,500 head of cattle, Bima City 3,317 head of cattle, and West Sumbawa with 200 head of cattle. “Meanwhile, the remaining 1,000 head are sent from Mataram City, West Lombok, Central Lombok, East Lombok, and West Sumbawa,” he explained. On the other hand, he said that the buffalo quota sent outside the region totals 2,550 head, with the largest portion sent to Surabaya, namely 1,400 head. Dompu 300 head, Sumbawa 200 head, West Sumbawa 200 head, Bima Regency 200 head, and Bima City 50 head. “Compared to the 2025 quota, this is much larger for 2026. Last year, it was only 49,254 head of cattle. Meanwhile, buffaloes totalled 5,580 head,” he said.