Chinese Authorities Order 10,000 Racoon-Like Animals Killed. ... "We don't even know if the civet cat is the direct source of SARS," said Ng Cho-nam, president of the Conservancy Association.

Civet cats are perhaps best known for the scrapings of their perineal glands, which produce a musky substance used in high-end fragrances. According to last month’s Pharmaceutical Journal, this ...

A civet cat paces inside a cage Nov. 12 at a wild-game market in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province. China Photo / REUTERS Jan. 8, 2004, 4:43 PM EST / Source : The Associated Press ...

Researchers in Hong Kong think they have identified the culprit of the Sars virus -- the masked palm civet, a small cat-like mammal that is treated as a culinary delicacy in some parts of China.

The most compelling evidence to date that civet cats are not the original source of the deadly SARS virus has been provided by Australian and Chinese researchers. Dr Linfa Wang, a member of the ...

10,000 Civet Cats Ordered Destroyed After New Human ... The Chinese Health Ministry said the illness contracted by a 32-year-old television producer in the southern province of Guangdong "has been ...

Then he went to work, raising civet cats. Caring for civets, ... Zhu has invited Chinese television crews out to his plot of land and offered to arm-wrestle reporters to demonstrate his vigor, ...

They are not true cats, but are related to the cat family. The announcement of the discovery came as the World Health Organisation lifted its travel ban on Hong Kong and China's Guangdong province.

Chinese scientists say they can prove that the virus that causes SARS jumped from civet cats to humans, but the World Health Organization is not convinced. An official from the Guangzhou Centre ...

China’s Health Ministry has banned the cooking and selling of civet cat to prevent a return of severe acute respiratory syndrome, state media reported. Chinese health experts concluded last ...