Racing against a self-imposed deadline, authorities in southern China drowned or electrocuted the first of thousands of civet cats Tuesday in an urgent effort to eliminate a possible source of the ...

The civet cat has a definite image problem. Nine months ago, the animals were banished as suspected spreaders of the SARS virus, only to be back on the menu after the outbreak subsided. Now they and ...

The most expensive coffee in the world is harvested from civets' poop, but animal rights groups say keeping these animals in isolated cages is cruel. It's an exotic delicacy made from coffee beans ...

New York’s crappiest cup of coffee is also its most expensive. At $30 a cup, “Kopi Luwak” is made from beans collected from the droppings of a small, cat-like mammal called a civet. The java – often ...

A civet cat, commonly known as a fishing cat has been traced to the coronavirus which causes SARS. Southern Chinese have a particular penchant for eating wild game, including civet cats. HONG KONG -- ...