Kingsnake.com has received news from the Blue Iguana Recovery Program about a horrifying incident that occurred on May 3, 2008, at the QE II Botanic Park in the Cayman Islands:

"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 on violently and repeatedly. Some were also cut and partially dismembered. Three were found dead inside their breeding pens, two had been carried out of their pens and left in the tour area outside. The body of the sixth is still missing, but entrails on the trail outside his pen are a grim sign of his fate."

Please join us for a special guest chat with John Binns of the International Reptile Conservation Foundation and Fred Burton of the Blue Iguana Recovery Programme will be joining us Saturday May 17, 2008 at 7 pm Eastern TIme (4 PM Pacific Time) to discuss the recent tragedy at the QE II Botonatical Gardens, the latest developments in the investigation, and how you can help BIRP recover from this tragedy and support conservation.

To join us in chat:

http://chat.pethobbyist.com/login.php?room_id=1011

For more information:

http://www.pethobbyist.com/sitenews/index.php?/archives/226-Blue-Iguanas-Violently-Killed-in-Grand-Caymans.html

http://www.blueiguana.ky/bluedeaths.html

To donate to support the recovery, go to:

http://www.ircf.org/donate.php

Under "Direct my donation to," select "Blue Iguana Recovery Program."



--
To unsubscribe from: [list_name], just follow this link:

http://news.pethobbyist.com/index.cgi/u/[list]/

Click the link, or copy and paste the address into your browser.