Gifting live animals like chicks, ducklings and bunnies during Easter remains a cherished tradition, but public health officials and animal welfare advocates warn of significant risks.
Salmonella outbreaks, animal abandonment,
Giving live animals as Easter gifts is an age-old tradition, but this practice raises serious concerns among public health officials and animal rights advocates. Despite repeated warnings about the risks
Giving live animals as Easter gifts has been a long-standing tradition, but there are serious public health and humane concerns. Year after year hundreds of human illnesses and agonizing deaths
This year Kinder Easter treats across the world, including the U.S., have been recalled in response to a Salmonella Typhimurium outbreak in Europe and the United Kingdom.
With eight
Giving live animals as Easter gifts has been a tradition for decades, as a child I received a rabbit one Easter and baby chicks the Easter after. And beside my
More than a fourth of 212 people infected with Salmonella from backyard flocks so far this year are children younger than 5 years old, with the Centers for Disease Control
Baby chick season is upon us.
Some say the big question is whether the chicken or the egg came first, but public health pros say a more important question is
The time of year has arrived for baby chicks and ducklings to hatch out into the world, bringing with them annual warnings to help protect against the risk of Salmonella
As of Sept. 23, 344 people in 42 states and Puerto Rico have been sickened by one of three outbreak strains of Salmonella linked to contact with live poultry, according
At least 251 people in 37 states have become ill with one of three strains of Salmonella in connection with live chicks and ducklings sold by Cincinnati-based Mt. Healthy Hatcheries,
At least 126 people have been sickened, according to the latest case count from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention of an ongoing Salmonella outbreak linked to
At least 125 people in 26 states have fallen ill with four different strains of Salmonella linked to live poultry from Mt. Healthy Hatchery in Ohio, according to the U.
