Valerie Cassidy This is Me

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1. 1. www.keybiscaynemag.com

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   Published on: 7/1/2007   Last Visited: 7/1/2007

   Hurricane Betsy killed some 200 animals at the zoo in 1965, but the location remains a draw to many from around the world, says Valerie Cassidy, President of the Gardens of Crandon Park Foundation.

2. 2. Local10.com - News - Caretaker Claims Swan Stolen From Crandon Park

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   Published on: 5/1/2005   Last Visited: 9/20/2006

   "I checked for it, couldn't see it," said Valerie Cassidy, founder of the Gardens of Crandon Park Foundation.
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   More than 40 different types of waterfowl can be found throughout the park, according to Cassidy, making it a popular destination for children and families.
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   Cassidy, who led the cause to transform the 30-acre plot of land into the Gardens of Crandon Park when the zoo left in 1980, said she just wants Lovey back home again.
   
   "I'd love them to bring her back," she said.

3. 3. The Miami Herald | 08/01/2003 | For hungry iguanas, South Florida is on the menu

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   Published on: 8/1/2003   Last Visited: 8/1/2003

   "It was all blues, pinks, yellows and oranges here, and they ate it up in two days," said Valerie Cassidy, president of the Gardens at Crandon Park Foundation, pointing to the carefully planted duck pond, now the afternoon hangout for dozens of spiny-tailed iguanas.
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   "There were a number of them before," Cassidy said, "but we could manage them and they only ate certain types of plants" -- yellow marigolds, backyard hibiscus and a few leafy shrubs Cassidy said she didn't mind losing.
   
   The storm wiped out those plants and forced surviving iguanas to change their diets, she said."Now they eat anything."
   
   She estimated that thousands of iguanas are running wild in South Florida."They're everywhere," she said.