Blue Iguana Recovery Program

Archive for September 2006

Blue iguanas’ birth landmark event

Sep 14th, 2006 | By | Category: Blues in the Local Press

By Carol Winker, carol@cfp.ky
Thursday 14th September, 2006
The shells of three Grand Cayman Blue Iguana eggs were found last week in the Salina Reserve, indicating that three of the rare creatures have made their way into the world without human assistance.
This is the first time successful reproduction of Blue Iguanas in the Salina Reserve has [...]



PR13092006 – First Successful Breeding of Released Iguanas

Sep 13th, 2006 | By | Category: Press releases

PRESS RELEASE
13th September, 2006
First successful breeding of released Blue Iguanas in the Salina Reserve, Grand Cayman
In December 2004, thirty-two Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas were released into the National Trust Salina Reserve, inland from the Queen’s Highway. The iguanas had been reared in captivity to 2 years old.
A year later, a further 73 two-year-olds were released [...]



Blue makes full recovery

Sep 11th, 2006 | By | Category: Blues in the Local Press

By Joanna Lewis, joanna@cfp.ky
Monday 11th September, 2006
Yellow-blue, the Blue iguana mauled by wild dogs in June at the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park, has made a full recovery.
The iguana, which was pregnant at the time of the event, was attacked along with two other Blue iguanas ” Slugger and Sapphire ” that both died [...]