Slaughter house to reopen on Dec. 5

Slaughter house to reopen on Dec. 5

MAKASSAR, South Sulawesi: After being hit by anthrax, Tamangapa
slaughterhouse here will reopen on Dec. 5, an official said on
Thursday. The slaughterhouse had been closed for two weeks after
the discovery that several water buffalo and cows slaughtered
here had contracted the disease.

The slaughterhouse has since been cleaned and disinfected,
said Ridwan Gaffar, the coordinator of the anthrax eradication
task force in Makassar. Since anthrax hit Tamangapa subdistrict
near Makassar, 28 cows and water buffalo have either died of the
disease, or been euthanized to prevent the spread of the deadly
Bacillus anthracis bacteria. -- Antara