"Diane L. Schirf" wrote:

In article ,
ospam (Yngver) wrote:

To head off any confusion here, I just want to point out that civets are not
cats but are related to the mongoose. Which makes me wonder why this is posted
in a cat ng.

Because the IDIOTS who write headlines keep putting out there, "China to
kill 10,000 cats," etc.

I think the killing of civets is equally appalling, but it irks me that
alleged writers are misleading the public.

Here is a picture of a civet.

http://tinyurl.com/ytnah

-mhd