Public health officials have known for a long time that small children and small turtles are a very bad combination. The reason: Turtles carry salmonella bacteria. Kids handling turtles can and do get ...

If you were a kid in the 1960s or early 1970s, you probably had a red-eared slider as a pet — or at least one of your friends did. The baby turtles with dark-green shells, striped legs and faces ...

ANNAPOLIS – Wildlife officials fear the latest installment of the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” franchise will trigger a pet turtle trade that could threaten children’s health and the health of ...

Swimming in two plastic bins inside a brightly lit and sterile quarantine room at a Rhode Island zoo, 16 quarter-sized turtle hatchlings represent a growing worry for conservationist Lou Perrotti.

They're cute but potentially deadly. Tiny pet turtles, some of them the size of a quarter, are to blame for six ongoing salmonella outbreaks that have sickened nearly 200 people and counting — mostly ...

Small pet turtles popular among kids led to 103 cases of salmonella poisoning. Jan. 24, 2008 — -- A salmonella outbreak that sickened and resulted in the hospitalization of children in 33 states ...

Pet turtles are making local kids sick. The number of salmonella cases connected to pet turtles has more than tripled this year in the Philly area. The tiny turtles are carriers of salmonella, which ...

Pet owners love their animals so much they sometimes will plant a kiss on them. The cuteness of puppies, kittens, hamsters and even turtles is hard to resist. But, turtle owners should be more ...