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The Catalina Island Conservancy, which controls 88% of the island, announced Wednesday it was scrapping plans to eradicate the non-native mule deer population by shooting them from helicopters ...
Invasive mule deer are pushing native plants to the brink on Catalina Island. Officials want to hunt animals from helicopters. Desperate to rid Catalina of invasive deer, officials propose bold ...
Other non-native animals currently living on the island include the bullfrog, feral cat, California mule deer, Norway rat, European starling, and a herd of 12 Blackbuck from India that currently live at the lower end of the cottonwood canyon near the island's airport. Mule deer were introduced to the island in the 1920s and 30s, and currently ...
Catalina Island Conservancy and residents near compromise over deer eradication proposal
Santa Rosa Island holds two groves of the Torrey pine subspecies Pinus torreyana var. insularis, which is endemic to the island. Torrey pines are the United States' rarest pine species. [1] The islands also house many rare and endangered plants, including the island barberry, the island rushrose, and the Santa Cruz Island lace pod.
American bison, Bison bison (extirpated early 1800s, introduced on Santa Catalina Island) Bighorn sheep, Ovis canadensis (harvest) Sierra Nevada bighorn sheep, O. c. sierrae; Mule deer (Odocoileus hemionus) Order: Artiodactyla Family: Cervidae. Four species of deer and elk occur in California. Elk, Cervus canadensis. Tule elk, C. c. nannodes ...
Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn drafted an opposition response to a proposal to shoot Catalina Island's invasive mule deer population from helicopters.
Established to protect and restore Catalina, the Conservancy seeks a balance between conservation and public interest. Catalina's native plant community is central to the ecosystem of the island, providing habitats that offer shelter and food to the island's endemic and native animals like the Catalina Island fox, Catalina quail, and bald eagles among many other species.