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UK Petting Zoos Skittish After E. Coli Outbreak

57 hit by illness at animal farms open to kids

By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff

Posted Sep 20, 2009 10:10 AM CDT

(Newser) – British officials are considering cracking down on petting zoos after 10 children were hospitalized with E. coli contracted from touching animals, reports the Telegraph. Parents were urged yesterday to "think very hard"  about taking young children to petting zoos. Four petting zoos have...   Read full story »

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