Ugh

From the Las Vegas Sun: A San Diego family is suing Petco after the death of their 10-year-old son from a bacterial infection they say he contracted from his pet rat.
Attorney John Gomez told the Associated Press on Tuesday that his firm filed the lawsuit Monday in San Diego County seeking an unspecified amount for the suffering endured by the Pankey family, whose son, Aidan, died June 12, 2013, hours after he was rushed to the hospital with severe stomach pains.
The San Diego County Medical Examiner's Office ruled that the cause of death was streptobacillus moniliformis infection, commonly known as rat-bite fever, after exposure to an infected rat.
The retailer in a statement expressed its condolences.
"We are deeply saddened by the Pankey family's tragic loss," Petco said in a statement. "The health and safety of people and pets is always a top priority, and we take the family's concerns very seriously." http://www.lasvegassun.com/news/2014/feb/25/child-dies-infected-rat-family-sues-petco/
I remember when I bought two rats from a pet store in Madison, WI.
The store said they were both females and not pregnant.  Well, one of them was pregnant and it had babies.
And soon, their babies had babies.
Finally, I took all of them to the humane society in Madison to stop the madness.
I don't know if the family will win any money, though it seems that good old hand washing may have been in order.