Updates On 28th Mar 2015
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KEEP THEM WILD AND FREE: GREEN IGUANA
This is Valerie, a green iguana: a native of The Americas.
Green iguanas can grow to human length, and are equipped with strong jaws, razor-sharp teeth, powerful claws, and sharp tails that are about half their body length. Males are typically aggressive and territorial. Iguanas are notoriously difficult to care for – most dying within their first year of captivity, or turned loose by their owners.
Valerie was found abandoned in Singapore and in a severely emaciated state. Within 24 hours of being taken in at the ACRES Wildlife Rescue Centre, she laid over 40 non-fertile eggs. We were close to losing her. After intensive care with the help of vets, she slowly pulled through, and is now living with another female green iguana, Rhino, who was found lying precariously on an expressway.
Midori – another green iguana whom we rescued was in a similar emaciated state at the time of rescue. We even had to remove deadly razor blades from his stomach probably ingested when Midori had to forage in trash to survive.
If Valerie, Rhino and Midori had been left to fend for themselves after their abandonment, they would almost certainly have died from starvation, health issues, collisions with vehicles, or from swallowing dangerous objects.
Save these animals from abandonment and a slow, painful death by not keeping them as pets, and educating others. Help to stop wildlife trafficking, and the illegal exotic pet trade, by simply not buying.
The selling and keeping of most wild animals is a crime in Singapore. Report the illicit sale and keeping of wild animals to ACRES by calling the ACRES Wildlife Crime Hotline at 97837782, or sending an e-mail to info@acres.org.sg.
#ACRES #StopWildlifeTrade #IWantToBeWild #LiveFree
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