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Wild Animal Markets, Coronavirus

HKG0120030718 HONG KONG , CHINA : Civet cats in filthy cages await their fate at Xin Yuan market, Guangzhou .Civet cats and dozens of other wild animals are soon to be back on mainland restaurant menus, with the lifting of a ban imposed during the Sars outbreak, according to Mainland Forestry Administration.The reason behind the lifting the ban was that the forestry administration believed the animal did not carry the coronavirus believed to cause Sars. Wild animal market, Guangzhou, China. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images

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HKG0120030718 HONG KONG , CHINA : Civet cats in filthy cages await their fate at Xin Yuan market, Guangzhou .Civet cats and dozens of other wild animals are soon to be back on mainland restaurant menus, with the lifting of a ban imposed during the Sars outbreak, according to Mainland Forestry Administration.The reason behind the lifting the ban was that the forestry administration believed the animal did not carry the coronavirus believed to cause Sars. Wild animal market, Guangzhou, China. Photo: Paul Hilton for Earth Tree Images