{"id":1805,"date":"2003-12-04T08:55:38","date_gmt":"2003-12-04T12:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2003\/12\/04\/sars-spurs-snake-soup-shortage\/"},"modified":"2003-12-04T08:55:38","modified_gmt":"2003-12-04T12:55:38","slug":"sars-spurs-snake-soup-shortage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2003\/12\/04\/sars-spurs-snake-soup-shortage\/","title":{"rendered":"SARS Spurs Snake Soup Shortage"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n China
\n is Hong Kong’s top source of snakes, shipping about 67,000 every year,
\n and traders are having to defrost last year’s leftovers and import snakes
\n from Southeast Asia at prices up to 20 percent higher
\n from
\n the Boston Globe<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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HONG KONG — Nothing holds off Hong Kong’s
\n winter chill like a hearty bowl of snake soup — but there’s a problem.
\n Many restaurants are missing the main ingredient.<\/p>\n

Hong Kong’s snake industry is suffering a severe supply crunch after mainland
\n authorities banned exports during the SARS outbreak, when research suggested
\n the respiratory illness was spread by wildlife in southern China.<\/p>\n

Aficionados view the meat as a winter-warming food, even an aphrodisiac. "It
\n tastes great. It’s good for your body," said Li.\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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