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Poor Kittys

Ronika · 2004-01-05 13:53:34

This is from RTE's website: January 5, 2004 (13:27) The authorities in China have begun a mass slaughter of civet cats because of fears that they may be the cause of the respirataory disease, SARS. A new case of the disease was confirmed this morning in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong. It is the first in China…

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This is from RTE's website:

January 5, 2004

(13:27) The authorities in China have begun a mass slaughter of civet cats because of fears that they may be the cause of the respirataory disease, SARS.

A new case of the disease was confirmed this morning in the southern Chinese province of Guangdong.

It is the first in China since a world SARS epidemic was declared over last July.
Civet cats are regarded as a culinary delicacy in the province.

As well as ordering the slaughter of thousands of them being kept in captivity, health officials are also closing the markets where they are sold.

SARS originated in Guangdong in November 2002 and went on to kill 800 people, almost half of them in China.

The country's Health Ministry said 17 people who had been in close contact with the patient were being kept in quarantine.

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