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Stop snuggling with hedgehogs, CDC warns amid salmonella outbreak

By Cassidy Morrison
Published April 1, 2019 4:09pm ET
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Stop snuggling with hedgehogs, CDC warns amid salmonella outbreak
In this Wednesday, March 6, 2019 photo volunteer Yekaterina Gilchyonok holds a hedgehog in the Veles rehabilitation shelter for wild animals in Rappolovo village outside St. Petersburg, Russia. Some 200 wild animals are receiving care at the Veles Center, an out-of-the-way operation regarded as Russia's premier facility for rehabilitating creatures that were abandoned or fell victim to human callousness. | (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky)

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday that it is investigating a multistate salmonella outbreak linked to pet hedgehogs, and warned owners of the pets not to touch them.

The CDC cautioned hedgehog owners not to “kiss or snuggle hedgehogs, because this can spread Salmonella germs to your face and mouth.”

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