Chinese authorities have culled some 5,000 dogs in one city to contain a rabies outbreak in the southwestern Yunnan province, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Five human deaths linked to the disease have been reported in the city of Baoshan, where 100,000 dogs have also been vaccinated.
The government urged local authorities to cull stray dogs.
Animal rights activists oppose the practice and call for sterilising and vaccinating dogs instead of killing them.
Cases of rabies remain relatively rare in the country. At least 16 people died of rabies in 2006 in the eastern Shandong province.
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