Southeast Sulawesi Pockets 17,000 Cows For The Needs Of The 2022 Eid Al-Adha Sacrifice

Illustration of a cow for Eid al-Adha sacrifice. (Between)

SULTENG - The Food Crops and Livestock Service (Distanak) Southeast Sulawesi (Sulteng) recorded the availability of sacrificial cows ahead of Eid al-Adha 1443 Hijriah or 2022 in the local province as many as 17,000 heads.

Head of Livestock and Animal Health Division of La Ode Southeast Sulawesi Distanak Muhammad Jabal said that the need for cattle sacrificed animals in Southeast Sulawesi on Eid this year is guaranteed to be safe and fulfilled.

"The availability of sacrificial meat for cows is more than 17,000, while the need for sacrificial slaughter is only around 7,000 more, meaning I can make sure we have an excess of 10,000 for cows," he said in Kendari, quoted by Antara, Wednesday, July 6.

According to him, the level of demand for sacrificial cattle this year is higher than last year, where in 2021 it will reach more than 5,000 and increase to more than 7,000 in 2022.

Jabal said the availability of sacrificial cattle spread across 17 districts/cities throughout Southeast Sulawesi was recorded at 17,000 so that the supply and availability of the sacrificial cows was still a surplus of around 10,000 heads.

He explained, in an effort to handle and anticipate foot and mouth disease (PMK), his party through the task force that has been formed will conduct a thorough animal health check before slaughtering the sacrificial animal.

He added that so far his party had not found mouth and nail disease in livestock in Southeast Sulawesi.