Minister Shaw examines a Jamaican Iguana at a health screening
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Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries Minister, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), Assistant Curator of iguanas at the Audubon Zoo in the United States, Melanie Litton (left), and Area Supervisor of the Milwaukee County Zoo, Dawn Fleuchaus, examine a Jamaican Iguana at a health screening of the reptiles at the Hope Zoo in Kingston on February 6. The health screening is funded by the United Nations Development Programme implemented Global Environment Facility Small Grants Programme.
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