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Contractors hired to catch invasive iguanas in Pingtung County last year caught nearly 20,000 of the reptiles the most caught in any county or municipality nationwide, the Pingtung County Department of Agriculture said on Sunday.
The contractors caught 19,733 iguanas in Pingtung 2.3 times the 8,420 iguanas caught there in 2020, the department said, adding that 10,000 were caught in November and last month alone.
“One of the reasons for the large increase is that we hired more contractors. So, naturally, with more people trapping them, the number of iguanas caught will go up,” the department said.
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By Lo Hsin-chen and William Hetherington / Staff reporter, with staff writerContractors hired to catch invasive iguanas in Pingtung County last year caught nearly 20,000 of the reptiles the most caught in any county or municipality nationwide, the Pingtung County Department of Agriculture said on Sunday.