The East Jakarta Administration is seriously anticipating bird flu spread on its areas. One of the ways is destroying 3,752 poultries to stop the bird flu spread.
Based on East Jakarta Sub-Dept. of Animal Husbandry and Fishery data, those 3,752 poultries comprise 1,537 chickens, 390 ducks, and 1,825 pigeons. The personnel found the highest number of poultry in Cipayung sub-district by 864 poultries. The next are in Pulogadung by 817 poultries, Makasar 451 poultries, Cakung 430 poultries, Kramatjati 325 poultries, Ciracas 291 poultries, Pasarrebo 319 poultries, Jatinegara 189 poultries, Durensawit 85 poultries, and Matraman 81 poultries.
Those poultries have been slaughtered and returned to the owners, while the cages have been already burned.
Adnan Ahmad for the agency said destroying the poultries is the implementation of Bylaw No 4/2007 about Poultry Husbandry Control in Jakarta. Poultries should be destroyed are chickens, ducks, and pigeons.
Based on the regulation, the citizens are not allowed keeping poultries in residential areas especially if the poultries have certificate to be kept. It has been socialized many times. “We hoped the society will understand this effort,” he said Monday (11/16).
He suggested the head of community and neighbor unit to socialize this regulation to the society. “I think the society have to understand about bird flu and its impact that can kill people easily. That is why keeping poultries in residential areas is banned,” he added.
Meanwhile, Sabdo Kurnianto for East Jakarta Section of Control and Supervision added the society should support the personnel destroying the poultries or at least obeying the regulation. “The residence must be free from poultries. We hope the society will report to us after finding poultries are kept in residence,” he stated.