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Subject: Fad pets example (news clipping)
Posted by Bourbon on June 30, 1998 at 15:28:23:

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Thursday June 18 11:52 AM EDT

Homeless iguanas roam the city

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Here's a real-life Godzilla story: Leaping lizards lambast Los Angeles.

Hundreds of homeless, angry and malnourished South American green iguanas are loose in Los
Angeles.

Considered trendy pets just five years ago, what were once cute little lizards -- shipped in by the
thousands from Central America and sold in pet stores -- are growing into 6-foot-long temperamental
pests, as much fun to run into as Godzilla.

They whip their owners with heavy tails, outrun them, leap through screens, land in swimming pools,
run up huge veterinary bills and are creating a glut of discarded pets that nobody -- not even animal
rescue groups -- want.

And it's not just a Los Angeles problem. They're fleeing to Phoenix, building colonies and reproducing
in Florida, when they're not fighting each other.

Follow Ups:

• Re: Fad pets example (news clipping) Roo 16:48:43 6/30/98 (1)
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