sooner this month ,   the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ( FWC)issued a statementurging people to   “ kill unripe iguanas on their own holding whenever potential . "

" Green iguanas(Iguana iguana)are an invasive metal money in Florida and are not native to our Department of State , " they explain in anow - updated site post . " They can have considerable damage to substructure , including seawalls and sidewalk . This species is   not protected in Florida except by   anti - cruelty   law . "

The post went on to say that   “ the FWC encourages homeowners to humanely kill green iguanas on their own property whenever possible . Iguanas can also be killed year - round and without a permit on 22 public lands in south Florida,“Huffington Post reports .

Unfortunately , some the great unwashed appear to have embraced the directive to   kill the encroaching iguanas a little too sky-high . sooner this month ,   atomic number 99 - Lyn Bryan , a homeowner in Florida , was shoot at his property after an iguana hunter he charter mistook his kitty care worker for a lounge lizard , the Independent reports .

“ I came out to see what they were doing and I learn him scream at the top of his lungs and he had roue coming out of his leg and he was shoot by the hunting watch , ”   Bryan toldWPTV .

“ We have iguana everywhere . If neighbour are go to be like the Wild West and shoot at everything someone is going to get killed . ”

“ alas , the subject matter has been conveyed that we are require the public to just go out there and shoot them up , "   FWC Commissioner Rodney Barreto say in astatement .

" This is not what we are about ; this is not the ‘ wild west . ’ If you are not capable of safely absent iguanas from your property , please seek aid from professionals who do this for a living . "

The trespassing species is a huge problem for the state , cause damage to substructure , threaten endangered species , andspreadingSalmonella . environmentalist have recently begin   trying to find new ways to reduce the population of these creatures humanely , include smash the lounge lizard ' head against solid objects   such as their trucks .

“ Most of what we ’re doing is outspoken force psychic trauma , ” wildlife life scientist   Jenny Ketterlin toldthe Sun - Sentinel .   “ Hitting their head very hard against a self-colored object . ”

She tell the issue that demolish their brains chop-chop was the   kindest path to euthanize the animal , add that behead them without anesthetic would not be view humanistic .