After pigs and goats, Malaysians cull dogs


21 April 1999


After pigs and goats, Malaysians cull dogs


MALAYSIA has begun killing dogs in an attempt to curb a rare brain virus that has claimed 100 lives.

Authorities originally believed pigs were the carriers for two strains of viral encephalitis that broke out in October.

More than 1 million pigs have since been slaughtered, but officials now admit stray dogs have contracted the virus.

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