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They may seem harmless, but small pet turtles are causing some serious problems for kids. According to LA Times, the Center For Disease Control believes salmonella cases caused by pet reptiles are on the rise. Currently there are six outbreaks of salmonella that have been traced back to small and illegal pet turtles. In 1975, the Food and Drug Administration banned the sales of turtles four inches or smaller nationwide, due to the creature's connections to the bacteria-borne illness. These tiny turtles breed the bacteria ...

Good news for turtles! Recently Care2 reported that special sanctuaries for leatherback turtles had been set up both off the west coast of the U.S. and on a stretch of Puerto Rico's north coast. Now comes news that the Thai Navy has developed a special program to prevent the extinction of the critically endangered hawksbill turtle; since 1992, they have been releasing around 11,000 of these turtles every year. RELATED: Care2 Success! Leatherback Turtles Protected In Puerto Rico As Commander Kitti Wongrak, Chief Public Relations officer for the Sea Turtle Conservation Centre, says in the video below: "The number of sea turtles in Thailand and around the world is continually ...

It was an eventful evening last night for the Suffolk County Police Marine Bureau in Mount Sinai Harbor. According to Patch, officers David Goldstein and Matthew Funaro received a message from a boat via VHF radio that a large sea turtle was entangled in the lines of several lobster pots. After 10 minutes, officers located the entangled turtle. It was distressed, and had trouble breathing. They were able to free one of its flippers, but because the turtle was so agitated, it was difficult to remove the remaining lines. Julika Wocial and Kimberly Durham from the Riverhead Foundation came to the rescue of the 1,000-pound leatherback sea turtle, releasing it using lights, cutting tools and ...