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Taiwan to cull 120,000 green iguanas to restore ‘balance of nature’

Local governments have asked the public to help identify iguana nests and they recommend fishing spears as the most humane means of killing the animals [David Chang/EPA]

Taiwan has announced it will cull up to 120,000 green iguanas with local governments asking the public to help identify iguana nests, recommending fishing spears as the most humane means of killing the animals.

Taiwan’s Forestry and Nature Conservation Agency said that about 200,000 of the reptiles are believed to be in the island’s southern and central areas, which are heavily dependent on farming.

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