Quarantine Officers Confiscate Smuggled Chicks

Pontianak - Officers from the Class I Agriculture Quarantine Agency of Pontianak confiscated 600 day old chicks (DOC) from a vendor in Puring Market, Pontianak city, West Kalimantan, on Wednesday (9/2/2011). The chicks were smuggled from Malaysia because the price is cheaper compared to chicks sold from breeders in Pontianak.
Head of the Action and Monitoring Section of the quarantine agency, Faisyal Noer, said the smuggled chicks were confiscated because the health status is unknown. “The chicks don’t have a certificate, which makes them a risk,” said Faisyal.