Topic: Iguana
Back from the brink: Christmas miracle as brother gives gift of life
Arick Williams helped save his brothers life when he suffered a massive heart attack while they were out hunting iguana.
Weekly numbers dip, but cullers surpass 900,000 iguanas
The number of green iguanas turned in by Grand Cayman’s cullers took a dip this past week compared to the previous period.
Iguana cullers have hearty week to open September
Cayman’s cullers took 14,844 green iguanas out of the ecosystem last week, marking their most successful period in more than two months.
Iguana cull numbers approach 850,000
For the sixth week in a row, Grand Cayman’s green iguana cullers have turned in fewer than 10,000 iguanas to the George Town landfill.
Slow summer for iguana cullers
The summer doldrums continue for Grand Cayman’s green iguana culling effort, as cullers have now turned in fewer than 10,000 iguanas to the George Town landfill for the fifth week in a row.
Red stakes mark iguana deaths on Little Cayman
Tanja Laaser says people in Little Cayman were surprised when more than two dozen red stakes marking the spots where rock iguanas had been killed on the roads there appeared in April.
Iguana count begins this month
The Department of Environment will soon find out whether its iguana culling programme is making an impact.
Culled iguanas surpass 800,000
Following more than two months of consistently strong results, Grand Cayman’s green iguana cullers delivered fewer than 13,000 culled iguanas to the George Town landfill last week. Still, that was enough to boost the total number of culled iguanas past the 800,000 mark.
Iguana cull total surpasses 700,000
Grand Cayman’s green iguana cullers delivered nearly 24,000 reptiles to the George Town landfill last week, bringing the total number of culled iguanas past 700,000 over 32 weeks.
Iguana cullers keep up the pace
Grand Cayman’s green iguana cullers delivered more than 24,000 reptiles to the George Town landfill last week, making it the fifth time in the past six weeks that they culled more than 22,000 iguanas.
Iguana cull passes 660,000
Grand Cayman’s green iguana cullers turned in another strong performance last week, delivering more than 22,000 of the invasive lizards to the George Town landfill.
Iguana cull surpasses 520,000
Last week, cullers removed more than 16,000 green iguanas from Grand Cayman.
DoE seeks more iguana cullers
As the number of green iguanas culled passes the half million mark, the Department of Environment is looking for more cullers to join the hunt.
Cullers nearing 500,000 iguana mark
Last week, cullers removed 7,710 green iguanas from Grand Cayman, according to initial results from the Department of Environment.
Iguana cull hits 439,000
Last week, cullers removed more than 10,000 green iguanas from Grand Cayman. The total number of iguanas culled during the first 18 weeks of the Department of Environment’s program stands at 439,000, as of March 2.
412,000 iguanas culled in 16 weeks
Last week cullers removed nearly 14,000 green iguanas from Grand Cayman. That brings the total number of iguanas culled to more than 412,000, over the 16-week lifespan of the project.
New bid to bolster iguana cull army
With the law of diminishing returns beginning to impact Grand Cayman’s great green iguana cull, officials are making a new plea for people to get involved.
A look back at the year that was
The year 2018 was an eventful one for the Cayman Islands.
Green iguana cull total passes 275,000
Heading into the Christmas and New Year’s holidays, Grand Cayman’s iguana hunters pushed the total of culled lizards past the 275,000 mark.
Iguana cull continues to pay dividends
Cullers continue to keep up the pressure on the invasive green iguanas. Another 30,271 culled lizards were dropped off at the landfill site last week.
Chefs seek to put iguana on menu
Cayman Islands chefs are hoping to turn green iguana into a marketable food source in an effort to make better use of the thousands of culled animals currently being disposed of at the landfill.
Iguana cull total passes 200,000 mark
Licensed cullers turned in another 32,301 green iguana carcasses last week.
Number of culled iguanas approaches 200,000
Through five weeks of the Department of Environment’s cull of invasive green iguanas in Grand Cayman, cullers had killed more than 193,000 iguanas as of Saturday, Dec. 1.
More than 160,000 iguanas culled in first month
The weekly numbers have been decreasing since the first week, when 53,464 iguanas were delivered to the George Town landfill.
The green iguana gold rush
In West Bay, a man stands on the back of a flatbed truck and casts a fishing pole into the foliage. In Savannah, a sniper methodically picks off targets with a .22-caliber air rifle. In George Town, hunters with homemade poles and nooses sweep through patches of urban woodland.
Day one of cull nets nearly 14,000 iguanas
Cullers delivered 13,819 green iguanas to the George Town landfill Monday as the first day of an islandwide cull to help rid Grand Cayman of the invasive species got under way.
Iguana cull registration begins Monday
The Department of Environment will begin registering cullers next week with the aim of starting its massive nationwide green iguana cull by the end of the month.
Iguanas, healthcare costs take toll on budget
Government has voted new funding of $1.9 million for a massive, islandwide iguana cull and $6.5 million to help cover the healthcare costs of uninsured patients.
Making a meal of Cayman’s iguana problems
The invasive green iguana may have a new foe. An image of a racer snake constricting a young iguana was captured by Margaux Maes near her home in Pease Bay.
Iguana cullers seek looser air gun rules
Environment officials are in talks with police in an effort to relax Cayman’s gun regulations in order to fast track new air-rifle permits for an islandwide cull of invasive green iguanas.
DoE ready to launch $9 million iguana cull
The Department of Environment is seeking a contractor to manage a full-scale, multi-year cull of green iguanas that aims to remove 1.4 million of the invasive lizards from Grand Cayman by the end of next year.
Cayman iguana meat to go on sale in US
The first green iguana meat export shipment left the Cayman Islands Tuesday, raising hopes that the private sector could play a role in tackling the growing problems posed by the invasive species.
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Iguanas — Today's editorial cartoon
Full-time hunters sought for massive iguana cull
A plea has gone out to hunters in Cayman to put themselves forward for a massive, multi-year iguana-culling program.
EDITORIAL – In the ‘Lizard Lotto,’ we’re putting our money on the lizards
One lesson about wars: Don’t declare them if you do not intend to win them.
No solution in sight for iguana control
It will take a dedicated commitment of money and resources to control or eradicate Cayman’s green iguana population, according to Department of Environment experts.
Iguana cullers shift sights to Cayman Brac
Cullers on Cayman Brac are hunting down a fledgling population of green iguanas in an effort to stop the invasive species from gaining a foothold on the island.
Cayman Brac iguana cull nets results
In the latest issue of the Department of Environment’s Flicker newsletter, Research Officer Jane Haakonsson’s update on the fight against green iguanas on the Brac sheds light on the growing problem the island faces from this invasive species.
Address iguanas with air guns
In reading your article on the proposed cull of the invasive iguanas, I am unsure if you were just against the method or if in fact you were generally against the actual cull. I agree that as usual the powers that be, against the outcry from the farmers and for that matter all homeowners, wait until a crisis before taking action.
Brac examines green iguana invasion
A meeting held on the Brac this week on the green iguana problem gave residents the opportunity to learn more about the status of the invasive reptiles on their island. The meeting on Monday, Oct. 17, at the Aston Rutty Centre was organized by the Department of Environment.
Brac sets meeting on iguana invasion
Residents of Cayman Brac are invited to attend a community meeting on Monday evening to learn more about the invasion of their island by green iguanas. Staff from the Department of Environment, along with guest speakers Mike Vallee and Edward Houlcroft from Little Cayman’s “Green Iguana B’Gonna” efforts, will lead the discussions and give advice on how to prevent the green iguana population from exploding.
CUC forced to ‘iguana-proof’ electricity poles
The Caribbean Utilities Company has been forced to iguana-proof electricity poles across the island after multiple power outages.
Taste trials take iguana from tree to plate
Tukka bar and restaurant on the oceanside in East End has garnered a reputation as a place where people go to try new things – kangaroo filet mignon, an ostrich steak, a lionfish taco.
Shedding light on Little Cayman’s iguanas
This summer, Little Cayman’s native iguanas are the stars of a research project being led by Jen Moss of Mississippi State University’s Department of Biological Sciences.
