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Response
to a Constituent in Boca Grande
Dr.
Jerome Jackson Answers Some Questions
By Jim Tucker
Dr.
Jackson responded to a request from Lee County Commissioner
Janes to clarify his study's findings. His insights into the
ecological problems poised by the iguana population have not
been fully explicated elsewhere. A member of the National
Invasive Species Advisory Committee appointed by the U.S.
Secretary of the Interior his role has been to work with Lee
County Animal Control Services to:
acquainted himself with many of the animal
control employees and their main interest is "animal
welfare." No one involved in the study effort went into it |
with the intention of killing animals
except as a last resort. But, "it is precisely because of
my involvement with conservation efforts and the living world
that I am concerned about the presence and growing populations
of black spiny-tailed iguanas on Gasparilla Island," writes
Dr. Jackson.
His response goes into details about the
differences between the green iguana popular as pets and the
variety
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