Stop kissing turtles

Posted on August 30, 2007 by Doug Powell
Another outbreak of salmonella linked to pet turtles sold by street vendors, this time in Arizona.

Dr. Bob England of the Maricopa County Health Department was quoted as saying,

"Little children especially are at risk for this, because they tend to be the ones who get these small turtles as pets and play with them and they are exposed to the bacteria."

England said, so far this year, there's been nearly a dozen reports of kids becoming infected with salmonella, linked to pet turtles.
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BarfBlog - July 22, 2008 7:13 PM
Turtles do not make good pets. The best people to attest to it would be Julie and William Godwin, the parents of three-week-old Shanna Godwin, who was killed in Feb. 2007 by Salmonella Pomona from a pet turtle in their...
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Suzanne - August 30, 2007 7:10 PM

But they're so cute! LOL

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