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Florida Keys Frozen Iguanas

Filed at January 11, 2010 under by Keys

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Shooting Iguanas = Jail Time in Big Pine Key

Filed at May 26, 2009 under by Keys

deadiguanaA 40-year-old Big Pine Key man was in jail Monday after he allegedly threatened to kill his wife and fired several shots in his home Saturday night, including one while deputies were present, reports say. Michael David Cristler Jr. of 31357 Avenue C was charged with assault with a deadly weapon without intent to kill and discharging a firearm.

Cristler denied threatening his wife, saying he was only shooting iguanas, reports say.
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Do You Think the Florida Keys Has an Iguana Problem? Poll

Filed at May 25, 2009 under by Keys

iggiesIn less than three weeks, state and federal officials have trapped and removed 65 iguanas at Bahia Honda State Park in an attempt to keep the reptiles from decimating a species of vine critical to the endangered Miami blue butterfly. U.S. Department of Agriculture workers who did the trapping for the state have left for a month, but they are leaving traps behind for the Florida Park Service to use, said Ricardo Zambrano, a regional biologist with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. “This is going to be ongoing,” Zambrano said. “I don’t think [the recent effort] is going to completely eradicate them.”
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