January 6, 2004

SARS: Cats

A ferel cat destined for the dinner table is picked up in Xin Yuan wild animal market in the southern Chinese city of Guangzhou. Following a confirmed SARS case in Guangzhou, the government has ordered that all masked palm civets, which are eaten here as a delicacy, be destroyed as a precaution against SARS after the virus was found in to be present in them.(AFP/Peter Parks )

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