[Gritty]

If you haven't read the entire article, please take the time to do so. It is not only colorful but gives a lot of insight into the sanitary practices and customs of China.

[KantianBurke]

friggin barbarians

[EggsAckley]

Just more ammo for the fight to close our borders.

[dawn53]

We spent a couple months in Guangzhou. Those pictures are tame compared to what some of the open air markets look like.

Dogs, cats, rabbits, snakes, goats, birds, all lined up in cages, waiting to be slaughtered. Even at many restaurants, there are cages outside, you pick out what you intend to eat, and they slaughter it on the spot.

[aristeides]

Possible animal sources of SARS in Guangzhou.

[thinking]

IMHO, I feel we should prepare for more of SARS type diseases...

[mabelkitty]

This isn't very culturally sensitive.

You are racists if you have a problem with this.

snicker snicker

[vetvetdoug]

Sounds like animal trade day at the First Monday in Ripley, Mississippi. It is not uncommon for diseases that are endemic in the animal population to be dispersed at animal trade days and sales. As another poster mentioned, we are in for this sort of viral mutation every twenty years or so. Every once in awhile, the disease is significant and causes a plague.