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Conservationists make Headstart at keeping Jamaican Iguana safe

Mar 18th, 2024 | Category: News & Features | 23:41

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#JamaicaGleaner #Iguana #JamaicanIguana #HopeZoo #Conservation #Preservation MARCH 18, 2024: It was a remarkable discovery when the Jamaican Iguana (Cyclura collei) reappeared in 1990 after being thought to have gone extinct for nearly half a century. They were once commonly found along the south-central sections of Jamaica and on the Great Goat Island, but now a fairly large population of the species can only be found in Hellshire Hills � a region of dry limestone in St Catherine which forms part of the Portland Bight Protected Area. Improving their survival rate is the ongoing goal of the Headstart Project which is run by the Hope Zoo Preservation Foundation (HZPF). Although it was launched in 1991 with grant funding from the Global Environment Facility

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