Sales Of Meat And Dog Slaughter In Jakarta Are Officially Prohibited, Violators Are Sanctioned With Reprimand Until The Revocation Of Permits

DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung Wibowo when met at City Hall, Thursday (11/13/2025). BETWEEN/Lifia Mawaddah Putri.

JAKARTA - DKI Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung issued Governor Regulation Number 36 of 2025 concerning Amendments to Governor Regulation Number 199 of 2016 concerning Control of Rabies Infectious Animals.

In this governor's regulation, Pramono prohibits the sale of meat and slaughterhouses or the killing of rabies-infectious animals (HPR) in Jakarta, namely dogs, cats, monkeys, bats, civets, and so on.

There are sanctions that will be imposed on people or business entities that violate this governor's regulation. Administrative sanctions are imposed in stages based on the number of violations committed, ranging from the first violation to repeated violations.

"If a violation of the prohibition of trading HPR and/or HPR products for food purposes is found, a written warning is given to confiscate HPR for observation if HPR is found showing rabies symptoms," Pramono wrote in Governor Regulation 36/2025, quoted on Tuesday, November 25.

Then, if you repeat the violation of the ban on the sale and slaughter of HPR meat after receiving the first sanction, the DKI Provincial Government will confiscate all these animals.

Then, if it still repeats the violation, the sale and meat slaughter will be closed. Furthermore, the last sanction imposed if you repeat the violation after the previous three stages of sanctions, the DKI Provincial Government will revoke the business license in question.

"The implementation of the imposition of administrative sanctions on every person and/or business entity that violates the prohibition is carried out by the service, Civil Service Police Unit, and/or related regional apparatus in accordance with the provisions of the legislation," explained Pramono.

Pramono mengungkapkan, pergub ini ditetapkan sebagai dasar hukum dan acuan bagi aparat pelaksana dan setiap orang atau badan usaha untuk menjaga kesehatan HPR dan kesehatan manusia dari bahaya penyakit rabies.

"In order to provide food safety guarantees from biological, physical and chemical contamination and the spread of zoonotic diseases originating from rabies-contagious animals, it is necessary to prohibit the trade of rabies-contagious animals for food," he said.

Pramono revealed that the ban on selling dog meat to cats in Jakarta was made after receiving an audience from the Dog Meat Free Indonesia Coalition (DMFI) last October. The ban has been in effect since this governor's regulation was issued, as he made a promise one month earlier.

"Alhamdulillah, in a month, Governor Regulation Number 36 2025 regarding the prohibition of buying and consuming rabies-contagious animal meat (HPR) can take effect. Hopefully this can protect and improve the health of Jakarta residents," Pramono explained in a video upload on his Instagram account, pramonoangw.