(CN) China county orders dog cull after quake

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China county orders dog cull after quake

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Mon May 19 11:48:51 UTC 2008

Reuters

 

 

BEIJING, May 19 (Reuters) - A Chinese county has launched a drive to

cull ownerless and hungry dogs threatening public health after the

deadliest earthquake to hit the country in more than three decades,

state media said on Monday.

 

The 7.9 magnitude tremor that rocked the southwestern province of

Sichuan on May 12 had killed more than 34,000 people as of Monday. The

government says it expects the toll to eventually rise to more than 50,000.

 

In Qingchuan county, where more than 2,670 people have died, authorities

have ordered the " collective " culling of dogs to protect residents and

guard against epidemics, the official Xinhua news agency said. " Most of

the dogs in the county have not been fed by anyone and have been

wandering around since the earthquake, " Xinhua quoted local officials as

saying.

 

" They are prone to scramble for food with humans ... and to bite people

and spread diseases. "

 

The dogs will be disinfected and buried deep in the soil, Xinhua said.

 

Health officials said no major outbreaks of infectious diseases had been

reported in the quake area, but they've been on high alert against any

epidemics with such huge human casualties and nearly 5 million displaced

people. (Reporting by Guo Shipeng; Editing by Jeremy Laurence and Alex

Richardson)

 

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(CN) China county orders dog cull after quake

 

 

China county orders dog cull after quake

 

Mon May 19 11:48:51 UTC 2008

Reuters

 

BEIJING, May 19 (Reuters) - A Chinese county has launched a drive to

cull ownerless and hungry dogs threatening public health after the

deadliest earthquake to hit the country in more than three decades,

state media said on Monday.

 

The 7.9 magnitude tremor that rocked the southwestern province of

Sichuan on May 12 had killed more than 34,000 people as of Monday.

The

government says it expects the toll to eventually rise to more than

50,000.

 

In Qingchuan county, where more than 2,670 people have died,

authorities

have ordered the " collective " culling of dogs to protect residents

and

guard against epidemics, the official Xinhua news agency said. " Most

of

the dogs in the county have not been fed by anyone and have been

wandering around since the earthquake, " Xinhua quoted local

officials as

saying.

 

" They are prone to scramble for food with humans ... and to bite

people

and spread diseases. "

 

The dogs will be disinfected and buried deep in the soil, Xinhua

said.

 

Health officials said no major outbreaks of infectious diseases had

been

reported in the quake area, but they've been on high alert against

any

epidemics with such huge human casualties and nearly 5 million

displaced

people. (Reporting by Guo Shipeng; Editing by Jeremy Laurence and

Alex

Richardson)

 

Link: http://www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSPEK374856