August 2, 2010

 

East Jakarta culls thousands of poultry

East Jakarta Municipal Administration has destroyed 1,309 various types of poultry consisting of 524 chickens in January-July 2010.

 

The municipal administration is very serious to protect its citizens from the threat of the H5N1 virus of bird flu. It can be seen from the number culled by the local husbandry and fishery agency.

 

Aside from chickens, 345 ducks and 440 pigeons have also been destroyed. Of the number, most destroyed poultry was recorded in Kramatjati sub-district (403), followed by Cakung (195), Cipayung (179), Pasarrebo (130), Jatinegara (106), Pulogadung (102), Ciracas (65), Durensawit (63), Makassar (59), and Matraman (7). In the poultry destruction procedure, the slaughtered poultry are returned to the owners.

 

In addition to culling poultry, the officers also dismantle and burn poultry cages located within a radius of several meters from residential areas. It is considered necessary to reassure that public are really free from poultry. These measures are in line with Bylaw No.4/2007 on Poultry Control and Distribution in Jakarta area.

 

Ahmad Adnan, head of the agency, explains every citizen who lives in Jakarta is banned from raising poultry within a radius of 25 metres from residential areas. "Our officers will directly take action on poultry roaming in residential areas," said Adnan, Friday (July 30). He said his side really hoped for public participation by reporting their finding of roaming poultry in residential areas to the local authorities at sub-district or urban village office. "Actually, people already understand this regulation, as this issue has previously been disseminated in each sub-district. So there is no more excuse from people claiming still unknown about the regulation," he asserted.