killing cats?

[Heon2574]

http://msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?id=3841204&p1=0

i don't know about you guys but, killing cats? There isn't even a proven link to SARS.

[Heon2574]

According to the article:
"Civets are considered a culinary delicacy in China." LOL im so hunrgry right now, i could eat a cat. What about you guys?

[edfair]

The link has been pretty well defined. It seems that this animal carries the virus.
But there hasn't been, so far as I have seen, any attempt to understand the evolutionary niche that it occupies or what effect their eradication will have.

[bailey]

they make good tragets
had one that took 6 rounds of the 12ga. to stop it

[Panama Red]

Think it's a misnomer to consider these critters "cats" as we in the US know cats. They're a relative of the mongoose and look like a weasel. Hardly the domestic or wild cats of the US. Destroying the source of SARS is similar to destroying the cattle that have the potential to spread "Mad Cow".

[Computer Hobbyist]

I have heard a raccoon-like omnivorous mammal of Mexico and the southwestern United States having a long bushy tail with black and white rings called a civet cat. They also stink, and are often raised for their scent glans for use in perfumes.

[dragonxx4]

stink = perfume?

[Propain]

I guess they'll have a shortage of Kitten balls.

[foghat46]

Good. They can import something from us for a change.

[Hey_Mr._Jack]

remember they tried that in europe during the black death?

they're electrocuting, drowning, and incinerating cats? the one time we need the PETA... maybe some of those loons will get sars... cross your fingers

[Panama Red]

Originally posted by Hey_Mr._Jack remember they tried that in europe during the black death? they're electrocuting, drowning, and incinerating cats? the one time we need the PETA... maybe some of those loons will get sars... cross your fingers

Why would you wish a deadly disease on people doing their jobs? These aren't house cats. It's a mongoose like critter raised as food, just like we raise chickens, pigs and cattle. Asians may have a different culture and different food sources, but who are we to judge their methods of disease control? Better they stop it at it's source over there than allow in to spread world wide.