60 Uncertified Animals Taken By Airplane Passengers Destroyed By North Sumatra Quarantine

The Center for Animal, Fish and Plant Quarantine (BBKHIT) of North Sumatra Province together with North Sumatra Customs and Excise showed evidence to be destroyed in Medan, North Sumatra. BETWEEN/HO-BBKHIT North Sumatra Province.

JAKARTA - The North Sumatra Province Animal, Fish and Plant Quarantine Center (BBKHIT) together with North Sumatra Customs destroyed dozens of animals carrying airplane passengers, who were not equipped with certificates from their home countries.

"The destruction carried out is one of the efforts to prevent entry and spread of pests of animal, fish and plant diseases in Indonesia, especially in North Sumatra," said Head of BBKHIT North Sumatra Province N. Prayatno Ginting in a statement in Medan, Thursday, quoted by Antara.

Prayatno said the dozens of animals consisted of 60 chickens, two squirrels ranked, three sigung mammals, 12 marine animals. In addition, three boxes of supplements and chicken equipment, five boxes of salted fish and two coconuts.

He said the extermination action was carried out because the animal did not meet the quarantine requirements as stipulated in Article 33 of Law Number 21 of 2019 concerning Animal, Fish and Plant Quarantine.

"This action is an affirmation that there is no tolerance for illegal products or passenger luggage that does not have a health certificate from the country of origin," he said.

His party will continue to increase supervision and collaboration between law enforcement agencies while educating the public about quarantine rules.

He said the extermination act was the second catch in 2025 and was the result of good collaboration between agencies.

"We need to be aware of illegal entry and without documents like this because it has the potential to reduce state revenue through import duties and has the potential to damage biodiversity," he said.

Also attending the extermination activity were the Head of the P2 Section of the KPP Customs and Excise TMP B Medan, the Airport Authority Region II Kualanamu, BBKSDA North Sumatra and the Plantation and Livestock Service of North Sumatra Province (North Sumatra).