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Staff at a Cornish zoo are given their first proper glimpse of a pair of rare baby civets.

The spread of bird flu poses serious risks to endangered species in many Asian countries, say scientists.

The Philippines is producing coffee from beans that have passed through a cat-like mammal, writes Sarah Toms.

A new study finds a virus very like Sars in Chinese bats, indicating they were the likely source of the 2002 outbreak.

Three rare civet cats in Vietnam die of bird flu, the first time the species has contracted the disease.

China has given the go ahead for human trials of a vaccine for the Sars virus, it is reported.

Coffee beans which have been digested by civet cats are still in demand, despite fears about Sars.

World Health Organization experts find signs of a link between civet cats and the Sars virus in China.

Doctors investigate a restaurant in southern China for clues to a suspected Sars case, amid a mass cull of edible animals.

A 20-year-old woman is put into quarantine in Guangdong as the first victim in six months leaves hospital.

China's first Sars patient in six months is to leave hospital on Thursday, as a controversial cull of civet cats continues.

The man at the centre of the Sars scare says he has never eaten the animal now being slaughtered by health officials.

China is borrowing from its Maoist past by launching a "patriotic campaign" to slaughter civets and other wild animals suspected of spreading Sars.

China's latest Sars victim is "fully recovered", as concern mounts about Beijing's linking the disease to civet cats.

Officials vow to quickly slaughter 10,000 animals suspected of spreading Sars, despite WHO concerns.

The World Health Organization warns against plans to slaughter 10,000 civet cats over Sars.

The World Health Organization confirms China's first case of Sars in six months, prompting fears of a resurgence.

Fears that animals carrying Sars-like viruses could trigger another outbreak are heightened by a testing programme.

Civets are off the menu in southern China after scientists suggests Sars jumped from the ferret-like cats to humans.

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