This has sparked very strong protests from animal lovers in Australia who demand that their government stop the export of live cattle to Indonesia.
In order to calm down the protests, on 31 May the Australian government banned 12 abattoirs in Indonesia from slaughtering Australian live cattle.
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But the protests never stop, so the Australian government on Tuesday totally banned export of US$ 330 Million/a year worth of live cattle to Indonesia.
Live Australian cattle account for up to 40 percent of Indonesia's beef consumption, while Indonesia buys 60% of Australia's live cattle export worth US$ 330 Million per year.
About 770 slaughterhouses operate in Indonesia and only five use the stun-gun method, according to the animal welfare group Animals Australia, which filmed the footage.
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Though I'm not an admirer of halal slaughtering, I think Australia's attempt to put pressure on Indonesia's slaughterhouses to comply to Australian demands, is odd ( You also may read "wrong").
And yes, I agree with you it may be a blessing in disguise to Indonesia and Indonesians.
@Colson,
Yes it is odd indeed.
There is another good thing about this ban : we can change into vegetarian.
That's something I've tried for many years but still unsuccessful.
@ Harry: I'm afraid the Italian kitchen includes meat :).
And it could help NZ meat exports to Indonesia. We have meat works where stock are killed and meat prepared according to Muslim requirements. So we could send meat to Indonesia, providing we do have the extra meat. Aussie cattlement are furious with their government.
I'm not sure...but nice post,..!!:D
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ketika hewan makin langka, makin banyak yg melindunginya. lumayan posiif
ini bukan hanya masalah sapi impor australia, tapi masalah pemotongan yang tidak islami dan tidak berperikehewanan
jadi kalau sapi lokal juga dipotong seperti itu, yah sama aja masalahnya
more wagyu beef!
Anyway.. I thought Halal meat means that you slaughter your meat in humane manner. So, it's not about where the cattle is from, and not only because you said basmallah before slaughtering.
Therefore, Indonesian has been eating non-halal meat all these time.
@Colson,
I am still a meat eater .. he he he
@Peter/Kiwi,
Of course, our government has been thinking about importing cattle from your country too.
@Hajarabis,
Okay I'll do that.
@TUKANG CoLoNg,
Bisa juga dikatakan demikian.
@R10,
Anda benar, menurut agama Islam pemotongan tidak boleh menyiksa.
@Triesti,
I love the Wagyu beef and/or Kobe beef.
Islam does not allow the torture of animals.
You are right this is a blessing in disguise for us in Indonesia, we can consume much more fishes,crabs, etc. which are plenty in our country.
Therefore we can stop wasting money on silly Australian products. We can buy them from many other countries like New Zealand, Latin America.
@Joni Arief,
Yes we should not buy Cattle
from a country is so arrogant
and discriminative.
i want australian beef ):
@Yuli,
Australian beef is okay.
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