Unaffected By PMK Issues, Sales Of Sacrificial Animals In Cinere Depok Increase By 20 Percent

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DEPOK - Sales of sacrificial animals such as cows and goats in Krukut, Cinere, Depok, West Java, are still selling well, unaffected by the mouth and nail disease (PMK) outbreak.

In fact, this year's sales have increased slightly when compared to last year.

The Bandar Qurban Cinere trader under the care of the Indonesian HAC Foundation, Anton Agus Wicaksono, said that because the community's need for sacrificial animals, especially the Muslim community, was quite large, there would not be an obstacle in selling the sacrificial animals themselves.

"For the percentage of sales itself, the increase was not significant at 20 percent, but it also did not decrease (when compared to the previous year," he told VOI, Sunday, July 3.

According to Anton, the increase in the sale of sacrificial animals is not significant because people's purchasing power has not yet recovered and is quite limited. Moreover, coupled with increases in basic goods.

"And now we are in the cooling down phase of the pandemic, making people have to reorganize their finances. We understand that and it is not an obstacle for us, because qurbani is indeed for worship, not like consumption goods," he said.

In the midst of this mouth and nail disease outbreak, Anton reminded people who want to buy sacrificial animals to be careful in choosing.

According to him, buyers can also ask about the animal health certificate (SKKH) at the seller of the sacrificial animal.

"The public must be more vigilant in choosing their sacrificial animals. We as traders certainly provide the best and adjust the sacrificial law which does not sell sick animals. So that the sacrificial animals we sell are definitely free of PMK and we have SKKH, that way we can still facilitate people who I want to worship," he said.

Citing standbypmk.id, as of July 3, 2022, at 12.43 WIB, it was noted that the FMD outbreak had spread to 20 provinces and 227 districts/cities, with 315,791 sick cases, 106,438 recovered, 2,779 conditional cuts, 2,002 deaths. tails, and 263,022 have been vaccinated.