I confess to not following the story, except on social media where there were some hilarious videos, no Hitler Rant parody oddly enough?
I think these lizards will be relocated to an idyllic farm up country where they can frolic with others.
On a serious note, they may have begun to consume too much of the local animal and fish population, so maybe some sort of balance is not the the most despotic thing the "authorities" are doing here?
In my neighborhood, when small pets and children start going missing the fire department shows up with a burlap bag, and a length of PVC pipe with a noose on the end.
This is a small, young baby lizard in my garden in Bangkok, including the tail it's about 2 feet long.