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Deer eradication planned to restore ecosystem
Los Angeles Times
|February 09, 2026
[Catalina, from B1]the deer with rifles.
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A FOX watches a mule deer fawn at a feral cat feeding station on Catalina in 2023. The nonnative deer will be hunted from the ground.
(Photographs by ALLEN J. SCHABEN Los Angeles Times)
Some of the deer meat will go to feed endangered California condors on the mainland, while some carcasses will be left on the land — potential meals for bald eagles and foxes.
A handful of deer in Avalon, Catalina’s only city, will be sterilized and allowed to live out their days on the island.
A previous strategy, scrapped due to pushback, would have entailed the animals being shot from helicopters.
Despite the shift away from hunting from the air, many still don’t want to see the deer culled. Last month, L.A. County Supervisor Janice Hahn, who represents much of the island, urged the California Fish and Wildlife Department to deny the permit needed to carry it out.
This story is from the February 09, 2026 edition of Los Angeles Times.
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