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Chicken breeders in Banten losers

Liputan6.com, Jakarta: Regional Regulation No. 4 of 2007 on the Control of Maintenance and Distribution of Poultry in Jakarta was going into effect 24 April next. But, the negative impact has occurred. Hundreds of farmers in the area of Banten had already stopped sending chickens to Jakarta because of continued losses.

Look at the ranch owned by Seno in Serang, Banten. Tens of thousands of chickens were still loose in the cage. In fact, earlier in the week of harvest time is usually chicken and Seno 8000 to send 16 thousand chickens to Jakarta. The same thing happened in Ciamis, West Java [read: Thousands of Farmers Chicken Stop Operation].

Application of the law to sell live poultry ban in Jakarta it was devastating Seno business. Many market and poultry traders in Jakarta rejected consignments of his live chicken. From about 300 farmers in the area of Banten, half claimed loss was a result of the implementation of legislation and some threatened out of business.

In Jakarta itself, the chicken traders demo some time ago last anarchist. Massa clashed with police in front of City Hall Building DKI Jakarta [read: Officer Hit demonstrators with stones]. (ADO)