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Subject: Iguana Eating Tourists

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Date Posted: February 06, 2009 at 18:27:55
Subject: Iguana Eating Tourists

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2 arrested in Exuma for being in breach of Fisheries Regulations
The two American visitors who were arrested after being found in breach of the
Fisheries Regulations and the Wild Animal Protection Act are expected to
appear in court in Georgetown, Exuma on Tuesday, February 10.
The pair, 24-year-old Alexander Daniel Rust of Indiana, and 23-year-old
Vanessa Starr Palm of Illinois were given police bail in the amount of $500
each.
The two had posted photographs of themselves in the Exuma Cays on a social
networking website on the Internet.
The series of photographs displayed shows the suspects catching an iguana,
parts of an iguana on a grill, two men eating the iguana pieces, and a man and
a woman cleaning what appears to be undersized conch.
The photos were widely distributed via email to persons around the country by
concerned individuals.
Chief Superintendent Willard Cunningham ex-plained that the police in Exuma
were alerted to the offences by officials of the Bahamas National Trust who
had seen the email and launched an immediate investigation into the matter,
which led to the suspects' arrest around midnight Monday in the vicinity of
Black Point and Staniel Cay.
Although Cunningham said it is not a common occurrence for persons to be found
breaching the Wild Animal Protection Act which prohibits the possession of
dead or live iguanas, he said his department is prepared to execute their
duties as it relates to maintaining the law.
"I haven't heard about that for a long time. I never really heard of anyone
being charged of that particular act for many years," he said.
"Once we have information that persons are breaching those Acts, we will
enforce it to the tee."
Iguanas are protected under the Convention and Intern-ational Trade in
Endangered Species (CITES).

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