Officials say the deer hunt will help “restore ecological balance” and echoes a...
. The mule deer will be shot with leadless bullets so as not to poison any scavengers who find the carcasses.The decision outraged members of the public. “We are completely against the slaughter of innocent mule deer on Catalina Island,” Dianne Stone, vice president of the Catalina Island Humane Society, told the LA Times. “The Conservancy’s solution is violent and ugly.
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife manages the deer on the island, and a spokesperson told the LA Times that the agency was “supportive of the habitat restoration project.”Matthew Micah Wright/Getty Images “THIS IS THEIR HOME AS MUCH AS IT IS OURS!! ” wrote Cassandra Castellanos from Redlands, California. “The mule deer are a staple for catalina island. I grew up seeing them, feeding them, and admiring them. They are beautiful, innocent creatures that deserve to live as much as we do.”
The Bay Area has a history of mitigating invasive species using lethal force, including a similar issue with a nonnative deer population in Marin County.introduced both culling and contraceptives measures
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