We passed into 2009 with Cayman’s local Esso company raising money for the Blue Iguanas by donating a few cents for every gallon of gasoline sold at all their stations throughout the Cayman Islands. Huge banners, funds-raised ‘thermometers’, staff shirts and Blue Iguana tote bags made it certain that nobody driving around could miss the [...]
Government land protected, new home for wild Blue Iguanas
A landmark decision by the Cayman Islands Government has protected a large area of Blue Iguana habitat in the east interior of Grand Cayman.
This decision is the key which unlocks the huge potential of our strategic plan to save the Grand Cayman Blue Iguana. With this land [...]
The captive breeding and head-starting facility for the Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas, located in the QE II Botanic Park, is no longer viewable from the Park’s woodland trail.
This is an unfortunate consequence of heightened security at the facility, following the killing of seven captive Blue Iguanas in May 2008 – in a case which [...]
A final push and it was all over. 20th October saw the last head emerge from the last egg of 2003. A record-breaking total of eighty-four brand new baby Blue Iguanas alive and well. An opportunity for Fred to breathe a sigh of relief, and recover some of his kitchen from beneath the incubators and [...]
Undeveloped development
Editor
Wednesday 14th January, 2009 Posted: 16:11 CIT (21:11 GMT)
As incredible as it might seem, there is a plan, devised by the Cayman Islands Government, to build an extension to the East–West Arterial highway through the Mastic Trail Reserve and the Salina Reserve.
This is not a new [...]
A very happy New Year to all you Blue Iguana supporters and followers! We passed into 2009 with Cayman’s local Esso company raising money for the Blue Iguanas by donating a few cents for every gallon of gasoline sold at all their stations throughout the Cayman Islands. Huge banners, funds-raised ‘thermometers’, staff shirts and Blue [...]
A team of volunteers put some finishing touches to four new Iguana breeding pens over two weekends in May. Descending on the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park with brushes and rollers in hand, the group dispatched several buckets of “lunar green” paint onto the dull grey concrete walls.
