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Florida euthanizes 5,000 iguanas after cold snap stuns the invasive reptiles

todayFebruary 5, 2026

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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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Source: www.theguardian.com

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