Civet cats await there fate in the Xin Yuan animal meat market, Guangzhou ,China Monday, 5 January 2004. China is to slaughter 10,000 civet cats and ban wild animal markets in southern Guangdong province in a bid to stamp out SARS, state media reported Monday. Hong Kong has confirmed that a Guangzhou resident has SARS similar to that of the corona virus that the masked palm civet carries. (Photo by Paul Hilton/EPA/EFE)
