Don't miss the big stories. Like us on Facebook. The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department says keeping native turtles as pets is prohibited because it can harm the turtle and pose threats to wild ...

Vermont banned the import and sale of pond slider turtles, including red-eared sliders, to protect native species. Pond sliders compete with native turtles for resources and can spread diseases.

Turtles are semi-aquatic creatures that live in ponds and the sea. They can even be kept as pets in your house with an aquarium. In the US, around 2.3 million households have reptiles as pets, ...