Floridian Spends Retirement Capturing Invasive Lizards That Threaten Native Wildlife

Miami FL

26 April, 2022

10:35 AM

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CBS Miami April 26, 2022 Sid Pennington has decided to spend his retirement trapping invasive lizards threatening native wildlife in his community. Pennington, 60, has singlehandedly captured at least 117 Argentine black and white tegus from the woods and neighborhoods in western Fort Pierce where he lives. In September, after the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission saw how skilled Pennington was at catching nonnative tegus on his own, biologists lent him 20 traps and recruited him as a volunteer. He's caught 31 this year alone. https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/... Read full article : https://miami.cbslocal.com/202... CBS Local Digital Media personalizes the global reach of CBS-owned and operated television and radio stations with a local perspective.