The Korea Consumer Agency (KCA) reports that salmonella has been found in 13 percent of pet turtles that have been sold at aquariums, retail outlets and Internet shopping malls.

The story says that according to statistics from the Korea Customs Service (KCS), nearly 200,000 pet turtles were imported last year. However, there is no regulation on their sales.

Recently the U.S. Centers for Disease Control reported on the death of a 3-week-old Florida infant who, along with 21 other small children across the U.S., were sickened by a strain of Salmonella Pomona associated with small pet turtles over an 8-month period from 2006 to 2007.

I’ve reported on my own experiences with pet turtles.

And in Nov. 2006, Pam Anderson apparently filmed a movie, co-starring Denise Richards, and her pet turtle wouldn’t stop farting.