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Leave iguana alone
The National Trust of Fiji has urged members of the public not to move green iguana currently found on Taveuni and Qamea to other locations.
Cane toad 'sausages' help wildlife
Cane toads are being turned into sausages in the Northern Territory as part of a research project to help save an endangered mammal.
FWS to Propose Banning Importation and Interstate Commerce of Nine Snakes
Secretary of the Interior, Ken Salazar, revealed on Jan. 20 that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) will propose listing the Burmese python and eight other constrictor snakes as “injurious wildlife” under the Lacey Act, thus prohibiting the importation … Continue reading
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U.S. moves to ban ‘alien snakes’
Federal officials want to keep nine kinds of constrictor snakes out of the United States, saying they belong to invasive species that pose the single biggest threat to the nation’s environment.
Feds Want Snakes Off A Plane
Federal officials are trying to put some teeth into efforts to block large pythons and other exotic snakes from taking over South Florida.
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