GUANGZHOU: Health workers began drowning and incinerating thousands of civet cats in southern China yesterday over fears they carry a new strain of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) but international experts worried the cull may only add to the danger.
The slaughter of caged civets in wild animal markets in Guangdong province began on Monday when China announced the first case of SARS since a world epidemic was declared beaten in July.
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