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1. China: City kills 5,000 dogs to curb rabies outbreak
By Katie Hunt, CNN
September 8, 2014 -- Updated 0457 GMT (1257 HKT)
A rescued dog waits to be adopted in Hong Kong.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
City in southwest China kills almost 5,000 dogs
Rabies has killed five people in Baoshan
Municipal government has vaccinated 100,000 dogs
Hong Kong (CNN) -- Authorities have killed almost 5,000 dogs in one Chinese city after rabies was
blamed for the death of five people, China's official Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday.
Municipal authorities in Baoshan, in the southwestern province of Yunnan, culled 4,900 dogs and
vaccinated 100,000 in its anti-rabies campaign, Xinhua reported.
The report said that four people died from rabies in August and one in July following dog bites.
Rabies outbreaks had been relatively rare in the past five years, Xinhua said. In 2006, at least 16
people died of the disease in the eastern province of Shandong.
China often orders stray dogs to be culled in an effort to prevent outbreaks of rabies but, as dog
ownership has become more popular in affluent areas, some animal activists have decried the
practice, calling for animals to be vaccinated or sterilized to keep dog numbers down.
According to the World Health Organization, rabies is a virus that spreads to human through close
contact from animals, usually a deep bite or scratch. It spreads through the central nervous system,
leading to fatal inflammation of the brain and spinal cord.
Effective treatment with a course of vaccines can prevent the onset of symptoms and death.
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