[HairOfTheDog]

Chasing and beating a dog to death that you actually believe to be diseased has got to be the messiest, and therefore riskiest way to do it. This is sadism by kids, and panic by others, but to call it disease control is ludicrous.

[EternalHope]

This is sadism by kids, and panic by others, but to call it disease control is ludicrous.

Well said.

I fail to see how anyone can consider this "funny".

BTW: There is not a shred of evidence that dogs (or cats) can carry the SARS virus. The civet "cat" is NOT a cat, nor is the racoon "dog" a dog.

For that matter, it is not proven that these animals carry the version of SARS that is fatal to humans. The strain found in these animals in China was different than the SARS found in humans. It is too soon to know if that strain is harmful in people.