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Baby Turtle Ban Still Buoyant

New legislation for the domestic sale of baby turtles measuring 4 inches or less is dead in the water.

For the time being, legislation permitting the domestic sale of baby turtles is dead in the water.

An amendment Louisiana turtle farmers had hoped would repeal the 33-year-old ban on selling turtles measuring 4 inches or less was removed from this year’s farm bill: the Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008. Congress overrode an executive veto to pass the legislation in late May.

Although some turtle farmers might have been disappointed by the news, the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council, which opposed the amendment, celebrated it. Michael Maddox of PIJAC’s governmental affairs staff said the way the provision was crafted it could have had the opposite effect, solidifying the baby-turtle ban while expanding it to encompass many other reptile and amphibian species.

“This measure is dead for the present,” Maddox said.

Posted: August 22, 2008, 1 p.m. EST


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some idiot lets their kids eat turtles with ketchup,put it this way.my freind ate a turtle and died if that realy happened the ppl r so stupid they might as well ban u from having turtles under a certain age(did u ever see a 20 yr old guy eat a live baby turtle) and then make chinatown lose all their money
momoe, los angeles, CA
Posted: 7/22/2009 6:08:12 PM
Why not ban all reptiles? They all carry salmonella. Forget the argument that a turtle can be put in a child's mouth. Handling other reptiles and then putting their hands in their mouths is just as dangerous. I am very sad that the baby in Florida died, Let us give the whole story of how that baby died. I read that the mother bathed the baby in the same sink that she cleaned the turtle bowl in. Put the blame where it belongs. The baby would not have been infected is he would not have been bath in the same sink as the turtle bowl was.
We need to get away from the turtle bowl. Put the pet turtle in an aquarium with a good pump, no need to clean the aquarium any more than you do with fish in it.
mike, baton rouge, LA
Posted: 6/5/2009 3:12:33 PM
They made the baby turtle ban because kids would put them in their mouths and contract salmonella. It's not the turtle's fault, but the parents who let their kids play with the turtles unsupervised.
Jennifer, McKinney, TX
Posted: 4/28/2009 1:22:11 PM
poor baby turtles
Ryan, Chicago, IL
Posted: 4/15/2009 7:15:16 AM
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