The National Parks, Wildlife and Plant Conservation Department has introduced online registration today for people who have green iguanas in their possession.
By noon, 53 people in 30 provinces had registered ownership of 640 iguanas via https://shorturl.asia/cx3Ig. So far, it appears that people in Samut Sakhon province own the largest number of lizards (188), followed by Yasothon (150) and Bangkok (60).
The move is an attempt by the department to discover the actual number of such lizards in Thailand, as many have been sighted in public parks and in the wild. Their presence has caused concern among farmers, because they are known to eat crops.
Meanwhile, the department’s officials visited Lop Buri province to capture the reptiles, after local people filed complaints about their presence.
They managed to catch five of the 71 animals thought to be roaming there.
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