Iguanaland Iguanaland - Punta Gorda ( Florida )

Wow, that is a very interesting acquisition. I wonder if the state will be able to distinguish the hatchlings from green iguanas.
 
The zoo already had this species, so the State is presumably fine with them. The State also distinguishes Saban Black Iguanas from normal green despite hatchlings looking the same. I'm not sure why the Sabans are distinguished but the St. Lucia animals are not.

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ThylacineAlive said:
Could you please summarize, the article is behind a paywall for me.

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Basically FWC corruption, they killed somone's pet pregnant Boa and 34 Burmese and Reticulated pythons and not humanely either. they have since lied about the event and tries to claim they retics are invasive in the everglades when there is no breeding population of retics in the everglades

edit: It's become such a major talking point here in Florida, FWC is dodging questions and hiding or deleting responses about the "Holy Thursday Massacre" as people have been calling it.
 
King of Komodo Dragons said:
Basically FWC corruption, they killed somone's pet pregnant Boa and 34 Burmese and Reticulated pythons and not humanely either. they have since lied about the event and tries to claim they retics are invasive in the everglades when there is no breeding population of retics in the everglades

edit: It's become such a major talking point here in Florida, FWC is dodging questions and hiding or deleting responses about the "Holy Thursday Massacre" as people have been calling it.
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Sounds similar to when they showed up and euthanized 80 or so of Iguanaland's iguanas before their grace period to phase-out the species was up.

~Thylo
 
ThylacineAlive said:
Sounds similar to when they showed up and euthanized 80 or so of Iguanaland's iguanas before their grace period to phase-out the species was up.

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That's pretty much exactly what happened here. This guy with a bunch of pythons tried to rehome them, and managed to rehome many, but wasn't able to in the timeframe. He contacted the FWC to tell them it would take him some more time, and that he still had 40 pythons left, and they arrested him basically on the spot. They then proceeded to kill most of his snakes right in front of him, not humanely, and not limited to the illegal species.
 
On May 23rd, the zoo announced they acquired (1.1) Egyptian uromastyx which are now on exhibit.

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On June 7th, the zoo announced they acquired a (0.0.1) West African mud turtle.

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On June 8th, the zoo announced that they acquired (2.3) Kei Island blue-tongued skinks, (1.1) yellow-spotted Amazon river turtles, and a (0.0.1) Madagascan big-headed turtle.

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On June 10th, the zoo announced that (0.0.4) Galapagos tortoises hatched.

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Some updates from their Instagram:

Births:
-0.0.1 West African Mud Turtle
-0.0.2 Red-Bellied Short-Necked Turtle

Additions:
-1.1 Yellow-Footed Tortoise
-1.1 Mexican Pine Snake
-1.2 Giant Ditch Frog (Mountain Chicken)

The zoo also sent their Director of Education to the Punta Gorda Airport to train their grounds crew on how to safely handle snakes without harming them.

I had no idea that the frogs were present in the private trade.

~Thylo
 
On August 8th, the zoo announced that (0.0.6+?) banana pectinata iguanas hatched.

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On September 16th, the zoo announced that (0.0.12+?) Cuban x lewisi iguanas hatched.

Also on September 16th, the zoo announced that they will be acquiring (0.0.14) Australian snake-necked turtles, (3.0) common spider tortoises, (0.3) Chinese three-striped box turtles, (1.1) Asian pond turtles, and a (0.1) matamata turtle from the Smithsonian National Zoo in Washington D.C. later in September. The zoo also announced that they will be acquiring a (0.0.1) Cuban iguana from the Philadelphia Zoo in Pennsylvania.

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On September 21st, the zoo announced that a (0.0.1) Indonesian box turtle hatched.

Also on September 21st, the zoo announced that (0.0.10+) more Cuban x lewisi iguanas hatched.

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A few exciting bits of news from the past month:

-The zoo received 0.0.2 baby Dumeril's Monitors.
-15 Ricord's Iguanas were successfully hatched. 5 will remain at Iguanaland and the remaining 10 are being sent to other breeders.
-The zoo has 13 Lesser Antillean Iguana eggs incubating, the first of which just started hatching today.

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Piece of October 2023 News Not Mentioned:

On October 19th, the zoo announced that (0.0.5+) rhinoceros iguanas hatched.

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On November 9th, the zoo announced they acquired a (0.0.1) black-breasted leaf turtle which is behind the scenes.

Also on November 9th, the zoo announced that they acquired (1.1) desert tortoises named Sherman and Penelope.

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