Green iguanas are some of the most frequently abandoned companion animals, likely because people find out too late what is required to care for them.Reptiles count as "companion animals"?
The list they then give of potential iguana raising issues is dryly amusing:
A properly cared-for iguana can live for more than 20 years and grow to be more than 6 feet long. The enclosure for a full-grown iguana should be at least 18 feet long, humidified, and maintained at a particular temperature with specific timetables for darkness and ultraviolet light. Common problems for captive iguanas are metabolic bone disease from calcium deficiency, mouth rot, respiratory disease, abscesses, and ulcers. ...They convinced me, at least.
It takes about a year of daily interaction to socialize an iguana, and even then, sexually mature males will be very aggressive six months out of the year if they see their own reflections or if confronted with other iguanas.
In other PETA pages, 82 year old Cloris Leachman is their pin-up girl:
She chooses to eat vegetarian. Now Cloris is sharing the secret behind her vitality with her fans by posing in a dress made of cabbage for PETA's newest "Let Vegetarianism Grow on You" ad.And on a seasonal note, if you're Jewish, you can find out how to have a Vegan Passover:
Traditionally, most Jews include an egg on the ritual seder plate—to symbolize spring and life—but many now replace it with a flower. ... In place of the shank bone set on the seder plate to remind us of "the mighty arm of God," many Jews use a beet, as allowed in the Talmud.A vegetable to remind them of "the mighty arm of God"?
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