Taiwan culls record 260,000 green iguanas last year
Captures triple 2024 total with Pingtung topping list
Jan. 19, 2026 16:39
Captures triple 2024 total with Pingtung topping list
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Captures triple 2024 total with Pingtung topping list
Captures triple 2024 total with Pingtung topping list
Conservationists worry green iguanas will soon spread north to Taipei and Hsinchu
Conservationists worry green iguanas will soon spread north to Taipei and Hsinchu
Officials triple removal rate from 2024 as concern grows over ecological and agricultural threats
Officials triple removal rate from 2024 as concern grows over ecological and agricultural threats
City training green iguana hunters to help solve infestation problem
City training green iguana hunters to help solve infestation problem
Government to invest NT$20 million in hunter training, reporting app development, Indigenous hunter recruitment
Government to invest NT$20 million in hunter training, reporting app development, Indigenous hunter recruitment
Trainees will learn about green iguana behavior, control methods to assist in future removal efforts
Trainees will learn about green iguana behavior, control methods to assist in future removal efforts
Ministry of Agriculture estimates total number of invasive lizards at 200,000
Ministry of Agriculture estimates total number of invasive lizards at 200,000
Popular pet turns into threat to local ecology through rapid reproduction, assimilation
Popular pet turns into threat to local ecology through rapid reproduction, assimilation
Course graduates will be paid according to size of animals they catch
Course graduates will be paid according to size of animals they catch
Country tightens import of alien species, with more expected to be put on blacklist
Country tightens import of alien species, with more expected to be put on blacklist