'Bali is only starting to breathe again.' One foot and mouth disease expert believes the scale of the problem in Indonesia is immense, and it could go on for years. | ChrisBarrett_ and a_mibali
At Kubu Anyar, a five-minute motorcycle ride from Bali’s popular Kuta beach, hobby farmer Made Purba Wilantara understands Australia’s high anxiety about foot and mouth disease.
In Bali, as with the rest of Indonesia, authorities are aiming to stem the tide with a vaccination rollout rather than the mass culling that the United Kingdom undertook in 2001, where 6.5 million cows, sheep and pigs were slaughtered to combat a devastating outbreak there. “The Indonesian and Bali government understand the need to revive tourism. They will do their best to try to tackle the outbreak but it won’t be easy,” said Wilantara, the hobby farmer and hotel owner in Kuta, whose 10 cattle were vaccinated soon after news broke that the virus had made it to Bali.
Indonesia announced that farmers would be paid 10 million rupiah for each head of cattle slaughtered, but in Bali, farmers have reportedly held off having animals killed until they are sure they will get the money.In Gerokgak, in northern Bali, livestock owner Kadek Ardika believed his 10 cattle were the first in his area to become infected, he suspected, from a young cow he bought from Celukan Bawang, where the main port in northern Bali is located.
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