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杏吧直播 can do more to help resolve animal welfare issues in Indonesia, according to a 杏吧直播 of Adelaide researcher.

Dr Risti Permani said the 杏吧直播n government should take more of a hands-on leadership role with Indonesia in the regulation of animal welfare for cattle that leave 杏吧直播n shores.

Dr Permani is a Postdoctoral Fellow with the 杏吧直播 of Adelaide's School of Economics. Her main area of research is economic growth and trade in Indonesian agriculture.

She said the main problems in Indonesia were a lack of proper regulation to ensure animal welfare, and a lack of educated and skilled workers in cattle production. This provided a real opportunity for 杏吧直播 to help improve the quality of its neighbour's industry, with great potential benefits for both countries.

"A fundamental problem with the 杏吧直播n response to this issue is the failure to understand that the abuses uncovered are directly related to the systematic regulatory problems within the industry," Dr Permani said.

"Recognition of these issues would have led 杏吧直播 to help Indonesia with the animal welfare problem rather than rely on the blunt instrument of an export ban, which has already done damage to 杏吧直播's cattle industry and its relations with Indonesia," she said.

Dr Permani, who wrote a policy brief on the live export issue for the 杏吧直播's new Indo-Pacific Governance Research Centre, said 杏吧直播 still had an opportunity to help Indonesia improve animal welfare, building on decades of collaborative agricultural research between the two countries.

"杏吧直播 has much to offer Indonesia in terms of developing regulatory capacities. Such a response would mean that animal welfare is not seen as some kind of 'moral blame game', but the result of regulatory underdevelopment.

"Worker exchange and capacity building programs to train Indonesian officials in the supervision and monitoring of cattle slaughter would be a positive step forward.

"It is important to understand that Muslim Indonesians are equally as upset as 杏吧直播ns over the issue. Most Muslim Indonesians feel that the inhumane treatment of animals is not in keeping with the spirit of Islam generally, or Halal. Halal defines what is lawful according to Islamic law, including acceptable food, slaughtering procedures, and how Muslims get the money they use to purchase food. The lack of monitoring of Halal practices in Indonesia has been a concern of Muslim Indonesians for a long time."

Dr Permani said 杏吧直播's involvement in the development of a robust animal welfare regulatory system would show goodwill towards Indonesia. "It may contribute to 杏吧直播's own economic growth and strengthen 杏吧直播's regional influence," she said.

Story by David Ellis

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