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Index of Subjects 20yrs ago in Victoria, BC the nature parks (i.e. Swan Lake) and others were concerned about the number of non-native Red-Eared Sliders being released as unwanted pets in ponds and marshes. It was felt they were competing unfavourably with native turtles. They must have been able to tolerate the mild winters of southern Vancouver Island. I have not heard anything about this since then. But as said by Fred they were banned for other reasons. I too had some as pets that did not thrive. Nancy Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 24, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Fred Schueler <bckcdb@istar.ca> wrote: > >> On 6/24/2014 10:54 AM, Winifred Kettleson wrote: >> I am old enough to remember a time when there was a fad to buy wee turtles from pet stores. That died out quite quickly because it was said that they carried salmonella. Is that true? W. Kettleson, Truro > > * those were Red-eared Sliders, a southern US Mississippi drainage species, that were grotesquely marketed, with massive mortality, and capturing of gravid females form the wild - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red-eared_slider#Red-eared_sliders_as_pets - and of which, some decades ago, Canada had the good sense to ban the import with the justification that some of the little Turtles had Salmonella on them, and kids would put them in their mouths... > > fred. > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Frederick W. Schueler & Aleta Karstad > Daily Paintings - http://karstaddailypaintings.blogspot.com/ > Vulnerable Watersheds - http://vulnerablewaters.blogspot.ca/ > study our books - http://pinicola.ca/books/index.htm > RR#2 Bishops Mills, Ontario, Canada K0G 1T0 > on the Smiths Falls Limestone Plain 44* 52'N 75* 42'W > (613)258-3107 <bckcdb at istar.ca> http://pinicola.ca/ > ------------------------------------------------------------
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