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Last Updated: Feb 13, 2017 - 1:45:37 AM |
Shedd Aquarium photo
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Shedd Aquarium, an indoor public aquarium in Chicago, Illinois in
the United States has recently received two rock iguanas from the
government of the Bahamas. Their Facebook page states:
"We're
proud to welcome two Exuma Island rock iguanas into our care! Among the
most critically endangered lizards in the world – only 2,000 remain in
the wild – the Exuma Island iguana is at extreme risk of extinction due
to limited range and population sizes along with illegal hunting,
smuggling for the pet trade and the effects of intense tourism pressure
and associated food provisioning.
Since
1994, Dr. Charles Knapp, Vice President of Conservation Research and
Louis Family Conservation Chair for the Daniel P. Haerther Center for
Conservation and Research for Shedd, has led in-country applied
research, working in close partnership with the Bahamian government and
Bahamian National Trust to conduct research that has helped inform
regulatory mechanisms, local community capacity trainings and outreach,
and citizen-science data collection and field program opportunities over
the last two decades. "
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