Civets

Balajadia assured local coffee planters that they would investigate the reported killing of civets.

Roger Giangan, president of Cotabato Coffee Federation, said they observed that the hunting and killing of civets had been rampant in the village of Cabilao in the town of Makilala, especially for its meat.

Coronaviruses originate in animals — like camels, civets and bats — and are usually not transmissible to humans.

It highlighted households that were “heading down the road to prosperity” by raising flocks of civets, raccoons, deer, squirrels and other wildlife.

It is widely believed that SARS jumped from bats into Asian palm civets in China.

Like SARS, which was traced to bats and civets, the virus that has killed dozens in China and infected almost 2,000 people is believed to have originated in animals trafficked for food.

Palm Civets are considered a delicacy in China.

SARS may have spread from bats to humans via masked palm civets and other species in live-animal markets before it began infecting people.

Wild species such as pangolins, snakes and civets are consumed only by the wealthy as a luxury, tonic and status symbol, and not by ordinary workers.

Wuhan Huanan Seafood Market (above) is allegedly selling wild animals including live wolf pups, civets and even koalas according to the South China Morning Post.

Bears, dogs and weasels (originally from North America) joined cats, hyenas and civets as the African predators, forcing hyenas to adapt as specialized scavengers.

Forested areas such as Jozani are inhabited by monkeys, bush-pigs, small antelopes, civets, and, rumor has it, the elusive leopard.