Saving An Iguana Four Miles Offshore

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2. Good point.

I hadn't thought of that.

From https://keysnews.com/article/story/state-urges-homeowners-to-kill-iguanas/

State urges homeowners to kill iguanas

By Kevin Wadlow Free Press Staff
July 10, 2019

FLORIDA KEYS — Iguanas have joined lionfish and pythons as a public enemy to be eradicated from the Florida Keys.

The large reptiles native to South America now are classified by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission as an invasive species that poses an environmental and health menace.

The FWC “encourages homeowners to kill green iguanas on their own property whenever possible. Iguanas can be killed year-round and without a permit,” the agency says in a fact sheet.


A juvenile iguana sits on a fence in the Upper Keys. State wildlife officials are advising homeowners to eradicate the reptile.

Green iguanas are not native to Florida and are considered to be an invasive species due to the damage they can cause to seawalls, sidewalks and landscape plants, FWC says.

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