On June 5th, a nightmare came true. Two near-feral dogs running wild in the East End of the island entered the Botanic Park. They were spotted early in the morning by the lakeside, where staff running to the scene found the Blue Iguana female Sapphire mauled and in shock. She died from internal injuries shortly afterwards. The dogs fled into thte dense thickets to the east. Attempts to trap them were compromised by torrential rain, and some time the following night the dogs returned to the Park, savaged another female, Yellow Blue (who was nesting at the time), and killed Slugger, the Park’s Northern King.