Invasive green iguanas are causing serious agricultural damage in Taiwan as their population spreads north. The government is now teaming up with residents to remove the animals.
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00:00Invasive populations of green iguanas are spreading northwards.
00:04The lizards have been inflicting ecological and agricultural damage on southern Taiwan's
00:09Pingtung County for over a decade.
00:11An estimated 200-thousand are now damaging farms in central Taiwan's Yulin County.
00:17The government is urging residents to help them remove the iguanas.
00:20They aim to cull 120-thousand next year.
00:25We have found the whereabouts of the lizards in the Yulin Coastal Area.
00:28The Yulin County Government will call on experts to help us deal with the situation.
00:33We are also looking for people who are interested in participating in the culling process.
00:41Green iguanas are native to Central and South America and were introduced to Taiwan as pets
00:47in the early 2000s.
00:48They have no natural predators here.