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Controlling invasive species with the boys (Green Iguana, South FL)
22 invasive green iguanas we took out on our last hunt in SW Florida, including this 12-pound five and a half foot behemoth.
Green Iguanas are an invasive species in Florida. Their burrowing collapses and erodes sidewalks, canal banks, seawalls, and building foundations. They poop all over docks, decks, and in swimming pools. The poop carries salmonella which is dangerous to children and pets. Iguanas also eat native plants (including endangered species food sources) and compete with native wildlife like burrowing owls.
We humanely euthanize iguanas using high powered air rifles and single precise shots the head. I eat all of the iguanas I hunt, so they don’t go to waste.
u/Rob1iam — 3 days ago