Too bad HSUS doesn't care about science. They should take into account this study:

http://www.cdc.gov/enterics/publicat...94-merminj.pdf

...which says that out of ALL the salmonellosis cases in the U.S., about 6% of them are attributed to reptiles. What's more,

Of all Salmonella serotypes, 40% have been cultured predominantly from reptiles and are rarely found in other animals or humans. Human infections with these serotypes frequently indicate a reptile source [14]. However, <1% of human Salmonella infections are caused by these “reptile-associated” serotypes [13].
What I take that to mean is that, out of that 6% of "reptile-related" cases, most of them did not ACTUALLY originate from the reptile. So the vast majority of salmonellosis is NOT from reptiles. If HSUS is SO concerned about salmonella, why don't they work on banning meat and eggs?