George Town Primary School raises money for iguanas
Education Programmes Manager for the National Trust, Marnie Laing, receives a donation from George Town Primary School students.
George Town Primary School’s students raised $400 from their Dress Down Day fundraising initiative. The money will go towards the Blue Iguana Recovery Programme.
“We are very proud of the efforts of [...]
Pennies for Change
Students and teachers from Grace Christian Academy in West Bay pictured with King
Blue (the Blue Iguana mascot) and the money collected for the Blue Iguana
Programme at their recent Pennies for Change activity.
As part of its annual Pennies for Change fundraiser, the Grace Christian Academy raked in over $600 for the Blue Iguana Recovery [...]
More Support for the Blues
Moved by the slaughter of seven endangered Blue Iguanas at the Queen Elizabeth
Botanic Park in Grand Cayman last month, students of Leading Edge High School
raised $300 from a ‘Blue Dress Down Day’ and bake sale organised by 7JL. Director
of the Blue Iguana Recovery Programme Fred Burton (centre) receives a cheque for
$300 [...]
More blues needed to survive
By Carol Winker, carol@cfp.ky
Tuesday 17th June, 2008 Posted: 15:10 CIT (20:10 GMT)
The violent killings of seven blue iguanas in May have made people in Cayman and around the world more aware of just how unique and rare these animals [...]
Mourant Green donates to Blue Iguanas
Cayman Net News Online
Published on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
Cayman’s Blue Iguanas
The Mourant Green Group in Cayman and Jersey has donated nearly $2,500 to the Blue Iguana Recovery Programme after seven blue iguanas were killed at the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park [...]
Community backs the Blues
By Carol Winker, carol@cfp.ky
Tuesday 20th May, 2008 Posted: 16:06 CIT (21:06 GMT)
Schools, businesses and individuals are supporting Cayman’s blue iguanas following an attack two weeks ago that left seven of the endangered animals dead and two others injured.
Reward money totalling $11,000 is now [...]
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Dogs involved in iguana attack
Posted Thursday, 15 May 2008
George Town(CNS): Investigations into the deaths of seven Blue Iguanas at the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park on the night of Saturday 3 May have revealed that some of the Blues suffered dog bites in the attack.
“An autopsy conducted by the Department [...]
National Museum to assist iguanas
Cayman Net News Online
Published on Thursday, May 15, 2008
Fred BurtonBIRP Director
Expressing outrage over the recent slaughter of seven Blue Iguanas at the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park, the National Museum has pledged to contribute to the care of the endangered animals.
On [...]
Next two weeks critical for Blues
By Carol Winker, carol@cfp.ky
Wednesday 14th May, 2008 Posted: 16:23 CIT (21:23 GMT)
If two blue iguanas are still alive by the end of the month, they will probably survive injuries inflicted over the weekend of 3 May at their [...]
Blue Iguana loss tragic, says Minister
Cayman Net News Online
Published on Tuesday, May 14, 2008
Hon Charles CliffordTourism Minister
Hon Charles Clifford, Minister for Tourism and the Environment, said the entire Cayman community has been overcome by the loss of seven of its endemic Blue Iguanas this month.
“Residents [...]
