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Iguana pizza is off the menu at a popular South Florida pizzeria.
Earlier this month, Bucks Coal Fired Pizza went viral after introducing the iguana pizza, made from cold-stunned iguanas.
“My buddy hit me up and was like, ‘How do you feel about me bringing in some iguana meat and making iguana pizza?’ I said, ” Absolutely,” Frankie Cecere, the owner of Bucks, told WPTV.
“We have received about 1,500 calls for iguana pizza. It’s highly sought after, apparently,” Cecere said. “We were getting 200 to 300 calls a day.”
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The video of Bucks Coal Fired Pizza’s viral iguana pizza has garnered over 5 million views on social media.
Bucks has faced backlash over the iguana pizza and received a visit from the health department amid complaints that the shop may have been keeping live iguanas there.
Cecere denies the allegations and will temporarily suspend iguana pizza sales.
“People called in saying we had live iguanas in house like an animal cruelty issue,” he said. “We don’t have live iguanas here.”
Cecere says he’s currently looking for a vendor to supply his shop with iguanas and is seeking clarification on the legalities of selling iguana meat.
“I thought it would fall under catch and cook — you don’t need a license to harvest iguanas, because they’re an invasive species — but apparently, there’s no statute for it,” he said.