Florida euthanizes 5,000 iguanas after cold snap stuns the invasive reptiles
by Richard Luscombe in Miami from Environment | The Guardian on (#73BZ2)
State culled a number of the non-native reptiles after thousands were cold-stunned' and dropped from trees
Wildlife officials in Florida say they euthanized more than 5,000 non-native iguanas in the state after hordes of the reptiles froze and fell from trees in this week's cold snap.
The Florida fish and wildlife commission (FWC) authorized the first officially sanctioned cull of cold-stunned" iguanas as temperatures plunged below freezing in many areas of the state.
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