Six critically endangered Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas were killed by unknown persons late on Saturday evening, in the QE II Botanic Park. The crime was discovered by volunteers with the National Trust’s Blue Iguana Recovery Programme, shortly after 9am on Sunday morning.
The iguanas appeared to have massive internal injuries, as if they had been stamped [...]
By Carol Winker, carol@cfp.ky
Thursday, 8th February, 2007
It’s a pretty safe bet HRH Earl of Wessex Prince Edward will return to his homeland with a bit more Iguana savvy.
He got his education in a perfectly Caymanian way while he visited here last week – on a roadside in East End.
It was there the Earl met [...]
By Carol Winker, carol@cfp.ky
Thursday, 8th February, 2007
Cayman’s royal visitor and his entourage covered more miles than the average tourist when they visited Grand Cayman’s eastern districts on Sunday, following their bus travels with a boat ride to sites in North Sound.
Affectionately referred o as Prince Edward, but more properly known as the Earl of [...]
By Joanna Lewis, joanna@cfp.ky
Thursday, 11th January, 2007
A regular visitor to Cayman has been helping draw attention to the plight of the Blues through art.
Blue Iguana, acrylic on paper, by journalist and artist Georgina Kenyon. Photo: Submitted
Australian–born artist and business journalist Georgina Kenyon has been helping raise awareness of the National Trust’s Blue Iguana Recovery [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
In the wake of recent disheartening reports of the deaths of two of Cayman’s most celebrated Blue Iguanas, the National Trust’s Blue Iguana Recovery Programme has received a fundraising boost from Walkers.
The firm recently donated CI$20,000 to the programme and has pledged a total of CI$60,000, to be paid over a period of three years, [...]
Caymanian Compass
Editor
Friday 9th June, 2006
It’s bad enough that we have wild, feral dogs roaming the street and roadways of Grand Cayman. Many of them are already a danger to walkers, runner, bicyclers and children.
Now our own endangered Blue Iguanas are becoming victims to these feral predators.
Stray dogs killed two Cayman Blue Iguanas at the Queen [...]
Caymanian Compass
By Carol Winker, carol@cfp.ky
Wednesday 7th June, 2006
Two Cayman Blue iguanas were killed at the Queen Elizabeth II Botanic Park this week, a pregnant female has been mauled and a fourth iguana is missing.
Wild dogs caused the casualties.
Fred Burton, director of the Blue Iguana Recovery Programme, identified the dead iguanas as Slugger and Sapphire, [...]
Cayman Net News Online
Monday, May 29, 2006
Dear Sir:
I just came on holiday to the Cayman Islands with my mom and dad. We stayed in a pink condo on the beach and it was great. I was really excited by the Blue Iguanas as I never saw one that was blue before and we don’t [...]
