Government Ensures Availability of Sacrificial Animals
- VIVA.co.id/ Adi Suparman.
In addition, the Ministry of Agriculture also recommends that people in areas with limited availability of sacrificial animals can make sacrifices online through official qurban organizers.
But we are still trying to fulfill the availability of sacrificial animals as needed. Insya Allah, nationally, we are sure that the availability of our sacrificial animals is still sufficient, even in surplus," he said.
Petugas memeriksa kesehatan hewan kurban di Kota Tangerang.
- VIVA.co.id/ Sherly (Tangerang)
As information, the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI) issued a fatwa related to the Law and Guidelines for the Implementation of Sacrifice Worship during an Outbreak of Foot and Mouth Disease (PMK). In the fatwa numbered 32 of 2022, there are three laws of the disease, namely legal, invalid and not eligible as sacrificial animals.
In the fatwa, it is stated that animals affected by Foot and Mouth Disease (PMK)Â with mild clinical symptoms are still declared valid as sacrificial animals. The mild category includes mild blisters on the nail gap, lethargy, no appetite and drooling more than usual.
Furthermore, for the invalid category are animals affected by Foot and Mouth Disease (PMK) with severe clinical symptoms. Its characteristics are blisters on the nails until they fall off, limp, unable to walk and cause the animal looks thin.Â