Catalina Island, California – In an effort to preserve the native habitat on Catalina Island, California officials have approved a plan to kill mule deer that occupy the land. Mule deer were intentionally introduced to Catalina Island in the 1920s for hunting purposes, during a period when non-native game species were commonly stocked by land managers, but now, they are considered “invasive” and conservationists believe they must be eliminated to restore the island.
As reported by CBS Los Angeles, the state’s department of fish and wildlife has approved the plan which will allow upwards of 1800 deer to be lethally shot. In a news release, Lauren Dennhardt, senior director of conservation for the Catalina Island Conservancy, said:
“The permit clears the way for restoration work the island has needed for decades, and it allows us to take action at a transformative scale.”
Experts say the deer have no natural predators and state they are destroying the island’s natural vegetation.
Various ideas to control the population, including confining the deer, sterilizing them, or relocating them, were rejected. The lethal shootings will take place over a period of years and the meat from the culled deer will be provided to the California Condor Recovery Program.
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WTF? These sadistic officials deserve to rot in hell asap!!!
Absolutely so horrible and terrible these innocent animals killed for just being on this earth
Absolutely so horrible and terrible these innocent animals killed for just being on this earth
These deranged killers should all be shot ! That’s always the solution – to kill innocent for animals who depend on us to help them not harm them! I hate theses lowlife mothers-ers and hope they all die by vigilantes the same way. I hope the animal activists groups will help
Stop this insanity I wish we had hunting season on certain people!
These deranged killers should all be shot ! That’s always the solution – to kill innocent for animals who depend on us to help them not harm them! I hate theses lowlife mothers-ers and hope they all die by vigilantes the same way. I hope the animal activists groups will help
Stop this insanity I wish we had hunting season on certain people!
Why not tranquilize and relocate??? Did they even think of that?? The damn government is destroying EVERYTHING it touches!!! Relocate!!! Do not kill!!! What scumbags!!!
Unfortunately killing animals is always the government answer!! Let’s not take some time and come up with a good solution.
Our wonderful BLM rounds up wild horses with helicopters which is insane when you factor in they are prey animals. They run many of them til they break down, foals die under this method. Many times this is done in summer when it is too hot. Many of these horses wind up in the slaughter pipeline. The holding pens are horrible, no shade or shelter from the elements. Backyard breeders, puppy mills, chicken farming, pork farms; we need to treat all animals better.
Shame on these murderers!
🔥MURDERS!🤬
daily EVIL from DEVIL usa. STOP IT
I think there are too many people in the world, what if we start eliminating them as well????
good idea, more evil humans and animals are innocent. So kill the animals???
Vile savages! So the solution to the problem caused by hunters’s blood lust is to mass murder the intended victims anyway. Can we pretend to be civilized and spare the innocent?
Birth control is called for, PZP darts, not mass murder by grinning, sadistic “hunters.” People make me sick.
Humans to blame as always, just like the dogs in Turkey, Morocco ect that were left by humans. MOVE THEM TO A SUITABLE SAFE PLACE !!! YOU OWE THEM !!!!
If you would toss the California officials in the ocean 100 miles out to sea and use their salaries to help the deer live, it would be better for the whole state. I’m certain lots of Ca folks would agree.
That would pollute the ocean though, and how would we clean up that extremely toxic, putrid oil slick?
kill kill kill that is always their solution for everything. I am sure a hunter suggested this solution. Sick.
porque no se matan ellos??? dejen tranquilos a los animales!!!!
Typical get rid by the easy way instead of relocating them. After all hunters put them there to kill so they would enjoy shooting them.
Typical get rid by the easy way instead of relocating them. After all hunters put them there to kill so they would enjoy shooting them.
Humans created the problem and cannot “fix” it by slaughtering these innocent creatures who have adapted and survive. Humans are the invasive species! Relocate these gentle creatures or let Nature work its wonders.
Typical response from state and federal fish and wildlife agencies to a man-made problem. Mass slaughter of animals is their one and only solution to everything. Our tax dollars at work! No wonder no one trusts the government at any level anymore.
So very true!! sometimes I hate people
People brought them there. Now that they are not wanted at that Iocation anymore, and because we have aIIegedIy evolved to a higher IeveI by now, just move them to another area. Don’t kiII them.
Disgusting. Yet another horrible decision impacting wildlife made by those who are supposed to protect wildlife. There were better options, but apparently humans prefer to be barbaric. There are way too many humans who I consider to be invasive so it seems like the answer would be to gun them down too.
Heartless, cruel and disgusting!!!!!
Heartless, cruel and disgusting!!!!!