The Natchez Democrat

Posted on January 12 at 12:22 p.m.

Way to go, Mr. Jolly. Now we have a situation in which a threat to reptile owners will be created that didn't exist before. If the bill passes the Secretary of Agriculture will be able to decide to ban whatever reptiles he or she chooses, and that wasn't there before.

We all would have been better off defeating salmonella as a criteria. You can't get away from salmonella because it is everywhere. It is in poultry and eggs that you buy from the grocery store. It would also be in any aquarium that was not well cared for, with or without turtles.

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