To the editor: Catalina Island mustn’t turn into a killing area (“New conservation plan seeks to shoot Catalina’s deer on the bottom as an alternative of from helicopters,” Oct. 8). The declare that deer are a wildfire risk has been disputed by our personal county hearth chief. Deer eat the very brush that fuels wildfires.
Blaming deer for fires is a handy rationale for a merciless and pointless mass slaughter. The actual drivers of fireside hazard on Catalina are drought, wind and unmanaged vegetation — not wildlife.
Wiping out hundreds of deer with skilled hunters isn’t conservation. It’s drastic and inhumane. I proceed to listen to from Catalina Island residents who really feel betrayed by the Catalina Island Conservancy and shut out of the method. The conservancy ought to retract this plan, get actual enter from Catalina residents and discover a balanced, compassionate path ahead.
Janice Hahn, San Pedro
This author is a Los Angeles County supervisor.
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To the editor: As an alternative of killing the mule deer as a result of somebody isn’t doing their job, why not catch them, be sure that they’re wholesome and relocate them to the deserts of California and Arizona?
Lee Armstrong, Yucca Valley
