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82 IGUANA  •  VOLUME 13, NUMBER 1  •  MARCH 2006 IRCF ON THE MOVE

IRCF’s 501(c)3 status came into play late last year, when the
Blue Iguana Recovery Program was looking to apply to the

Dart Foundation for project funding. For institutional reasons,
an application was most likely to be successful if submitted by a
501(c)3 Foundation or equivalent.

Responding to the Blue Iguana Recovery Program’s request,
IRCF submitted a formal bid to the Dart Foundation for US
$36,400 to cover the costs of a range of urgently needed improve-
ments to the captive breeding and head-starting facility for Blue
Iguanas at the QE II Botanic Park on Grand Cayman. At the
same time, IRCF launched a web appeal on www.BlueIguana.ky
to raise additional funds for a security fence for the facility.

In mid-December, good news came in from the Dart
Foundation, and, by mid-January, IRCF had transferred the
funds to Grand Cayman and the captive facility is now a hive of
activity. The security and tour control fences are going up, a
large hurricane-damaged breeding pen is being restored, land-
scaped, and subdivided, and plans are underway to trench for
electrical and water supplies. The Dart Foundation and the indi-
viduals who have contributed to the fence appeal will all be rec-
ognized on a panel to be mounted in the main tour area.

I R C F  O N  T H E  M O V E

Dart Foundation Grant 
for Blue Iguanas

Dart Foundation-funded improvements to the captive breeding and
head-starting facility for Blue Iguanas on Grand Cayman.

Anyone interested in helping to support the Andros footballers and
their efforts to promote iguana conservation, please contact John Binns
(JFB@IRCF.org).

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The Central Andros Football Club adopted the Andros Iguana
(Cyclura cychlura cychlura) as its mascot and was rewarded with t-shirts
provided by the Shedd Aquarium and the IRCF. The team logo
(below)  features the artwork of Joel Friesch (IRCF).

Andros Footballers 
Adopt Iguana Mascot

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