Twenty-two children are confirmed as being afflicted with the Florida petting zoo sickness which has left many of them fighting for their lives.
Twenty-four others are under observation as well.
It may well be time for the states to regulate petting zoos if they haven't already, or ban them. Kidney failure in so many kids is no isolated incident.
The E. coli bacteria is suspected of making many of these children sick. The bacteria can be passed on via animal droppings, the animals sleeping in it and unsuspecting children petting them. Others have been diagnosed with the potentially deadly hemolytic uremic syndrome, which can also be passed on the same way.
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