Overview
- FWC Executive Order 26-03 temporarily waived permit requirements on Feb. 1–2 and opened five facilities to accept live, cold-stunned green iguanas from the public.
- FWC reported roughly 600 iguanas turned in on Sunday with hundreds more delivered Monday as residents lined up at sites including Tequesta and Sunrise.
- Professional trappers logged heavy hauls, with Redline Iguana Removal estimating about 2,000 collected by Sunday and Iguana Busters reporting 200 from a single Lake Worth golf course on Monday.
- Collectors were required to use breathable cloth sacks placed inside locked, labeled containers and to wear protective gear, as iguanas can quickly revive, bite or scratch, and may carry salmonella.
- The special collection window concludes Monday afternoon, after which normal possession rules return and surrendered iguanas are humanely euthanized or, in select cases, transferred to permitted buyers.