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A fugitive domestic cat suspected of carrying rabies must be killed, Chile's highest court has said.
The Supreme Court upheld an earlier ruling saying Luz, an angora cat from Valparaiso, should be decapitated.
Now police are searching for Luz after she escaped from an animal detention centre in the port city, west of the capital Santiago.
Luz has not developed any symptoms of rabies, but animal experts believe she may be a danger to public health.
Chile's Supreme Court unanimously upheld a ruling by a lower court ordering Luz's execution because of the risk of infection to humans.
Officials believe that Luz may have been infected during a fight with a bat that was found dead at the home of her owner, Amada Salinas.
The bat was later found to have rabies.
Street cat
Ms Salinas has since fought to save her cat's life, after it became clear that authorities would seek to have Luz beheaded.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4524059.stm
The Supreme Court upheld an earlier ruling saying Luz, an angora cat from Valparaiso, should be decapitated.
Now police are searching for Luz after she escaped from an animal detention centre in the port city, west of the capital Santiago.
Luz has not developed any symptoms of rabies, but animal experts believe she may be a danger to public health.
Chile's Supreme Court unanimously upheld a ruling by a lower court ordering Luz's execution because of the risk of infection to humans.
Officials believe that Luz may have been infected during a fight with a bat that was found dead at the home of her owner, Amada Salinas.
The bat was later found to have rabies.
Street cat
Ms Salinas has since fought to save her cat's life, after it became clear that authorities would seek to have Luz beheaded.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4524059.stm
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