SARS traced to edible 'cats'
The fight against SARS in Hong Kong took two big steps forward today as the World Health Organisation lifted a travel warning and local researchers said they found the virus in civet cats that appear to have spread it to humans.
Civet cats are a delicacy eaten by some Chinese, and University of Hong Kong researchers said that while fully cooked civet meat was probably safe, people could have been infected as they handled the animals while raising, slaughtering or cooking them.
