Publishing Circulation Of Dog Meat Circulation, Central Java Provincial Government Asks National Chamber Of Commerce And Industry To Increase Supervision

Semarang Police have secured a truck carrying hundreds of dogs to Solo, Sunday, January 7, 2024. (ANTARA)

CENTRAL JAVA - The Central Java Provincial Government (Central Java) issued a circular regulating the circulation of dog meat.

Head of the Central Java Animal Husbandry and Health Service, Agus Wariyanto, said the circular was issued following the disclosure of the shipments of hundreds of dogs without legal documents from West Java to this area some time ago.

"The circular is about monitoring the circulation of dog meat to service heads in all districts/cities," Agus said after a coordination meeting on the vigilance of the "zoonosis" disease in Semarang, Central Java, Friday, January 12, was confiscated by Antara.

According to him, until now there are still seven regions that have not issued a circular regarding the circulation of dog meat.

The seven areas are Purworejo, Grobogan, Pati, Kudus, Jepara, and Pekalongan and Surakarta regencies respectively.

Agus said the Central Java Provincial Government had monitored the case of sending 226 dogs whose shipments were thwarted by the Semarang Police.

He explained that Central Java had been declared a rabies-free area since 1997.

According to him, the high traffic of rabies-carrying animals in Central Java has again raised the threat of spreading the disease.

Therefore, he continued, efforts were made to monitor animal traffic through nine animal traffic posts for rabies-carrying animals from the wild of Central Java.

"Especially from West Java, because the province has not been declared rabies free," he said.

In addition, he said, the implementation of rabies vaccination will also be intensified again for rabies-carrying animals, such as dogs, cats, monkeys and civets.

He added that in 2024 the Central Java Provincial Government will prepare 10 thousand doses of rabies vaccine as an effort to be aware of the disease.