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China Confirms Case, Begins Civet Cat Cull
Latest Developments Reuters Photo China Confirms Case, Begins Civet Cat Cull (Reuters) - China confirmed on Monday its first SARS case since a world epidemic was declared over in July, and began a mass slaughter of civet cats on fears a new strain of the deadly virus may have jumped from wild animals to humans. Health officials in the southern province of Guangdong said a virus gene sample from the SARS patient -- a 32-year-old television producer -- resembled that of a coronavirus found in civet cats, a Chinese culinary delicacy. |
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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. Raul & Mini wrote: Latest Developments Reuters Photo China Confirms Case, Begins Civet Cat Cull (Reuters) - China confirmed on Monday its first SARS case since a world epidemic was declared over in July, and began a mass slaughter of civet cats on fears a new strain of the deadly virus may have jumped from wild animals to humans. Health officials in the southern province of Guangdong said a virus gene sample from the SARS patient -- a 32-year-old television producer -- resembled that of a coronavirus found in civet cats, a Chinese culinary delicacy. |
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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. Raul & Mini wrote: Latest Developments Reuters Photo China Confirms Case, Begins Civet Cat Cull (Reuters) - China confirmed on Monday its first SARS case since a world epidemic was declared over in July, and began a mass slaughter of civet cats on fears a new strain of the deadly virus may have jumped from wild animals to humans. Health officials in the southern province of Guangdong said a virus gene sample from the SARS patient -- a 32-year-old television producer -- resembled that of a coronavirus found in civet cats, a Chinese culinary delicacy. |
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"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 |
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"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 |
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"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. Exactly what I was thinking. I agree that the mass killing of civets, especially when the evidence linking them to SARS infection is scant, is horrible, but it should be made clearer that civets are not a kind of cat. Of course, I also think that killing 450 calves because the investigators can't figure out which one is the calf of the cow that was found to be infected with mad cow disease is horrible too. |
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Yngver wrote:
Of course, I also think that killing 450 calves because the investigators can't figure out which one is the calf of the cow that was found to be infected with mad cow disease is horrible too. But at least with the calves you are not killing off a wild animal in hopes of making it extinct. Alice -- The root cause of problems is simple overpopulation. People just aren't worth very much any more, and they know it. Makes 'em testy. ...Bev |\ _,,,---,,_ Tigress /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ http://havoc.gtf.gatech.edu/tigress |,4- ) )-,_..;\ ( `'-' '---''(_/--' `-'\_) Cat by Felix Lee. |
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Yngver wrote:
Of course, I also think that killing 450 calves because the investigators can't figure out which one is the calf of the cow that was found to be infected with mad cow disease is horrible too. But at least with the calves you are not killing off a wild animal in hopes of making it extinct. Alice -- The root cause of problems is simple overpopulation. People just aren't worth very much any more, and they know it. Makes 'em testy. ...Bev |\ _,,,---,,_ Tigress /,`.-'`' -. ;-;;,_ http://havoc.gtf.gatech.edu/tigress |,4- ) )-,_..;\ ( `'-' '---''(_/--' `-'\_) Cat by Felix Lee. |
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