[RSS] Jakarta bans dog and cat meat sales to curb rabies, in win for animal rights

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[RSS] Jakarta bans dog and cat meat sales to curb rabies, in win for animal rights

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Indonesia’s capital Jakarta has banned the selling and consumption of dog, cat and bat meat to prevent rabies transmission, the city’s governor announced on Tuesday, in a win for animal rights advocates. “I have signed the regulation … which prohibits the sale of rabies-transmitting animals for food purposes,” Jakarta Governor Pramono Anung said in a statement on social media, a month after promising to do so. The regulation, which Pramono said he signed on Monday, provides a six-month grace...

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