Sentences with phrase «selling baby turtles»

My store has a decades - long history of selling baby turtles, and yet, we have a mutually respectful and friendly relationship with law enforcement, wildlife authorities and animal services.

There is an exception in the law making it legal to sell baby turtles for educational and scientific purposes.

«Isn't it illegal to sell baby turtles under four inches?»

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Despite a federal ban enacted in 1975 because Salmonella from pet turtles had become a major public health concern, baby turtles (those with shells less than four inches long) continue to be sold throughout the country.

A 4 - week - old Florida infant died after her family was given a baby turtle illegally sold at a flea market.

When a customer expresses interest in having baby turtles for those purposes, I can and will sell them an animal.

While we almost never sell baby water turtles, we have a tidy business going in baby tortoises, which we sell legally to anyone who informs us that their animal will be used for science or education.

I have seen a lot of attempts over the years to commodify live food and to replace fresh produce, some tragically ineffective and some downright silly — from «turtle food» commonly sold when I was a child that would virtually guarantee a baby turtle with a rubbery shell and a months - long life span to a more recent vibrating dish that was supposed to interest insectivores in dead, dried crickets.