Veterinarian Doug Mader Discusses Iguanas in Keys
Doug Mader of Marathon Veterinary Hospital will be Save-A-Turtle’s guest speaker 7:30 p.m. Monday at The Turtle Hospital, 2396 Overseas Highway,
“Iguanas in the Keys” is the title of the presentation by Mader, who is the consulting veterinarian for the Key West Aquarium, The Turtle Hospital and the Monroe County sheriff’s Animal Farm. He’s had many articles published in scientific and veterinary journals, national magazines and more, and wrote the Saunders publication “Reptile Medicine and Surgery.”
Also there will be author Bonnie J. Doerr, who wrote “Stakeout,” a book inspired by The Turtle Hospital and Save-A-Turtle, whose meetings are 7:30 p.m. the first Monday of the month.
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Shooting Iguanas = Jail Time in Big Pine Key
A 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
In 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.”
Please read the rest of this story and answer a short survey at the end.
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