Califorina have you look what your senator is up to?

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Also, Senator Diane Feinstein (D-CA) included a provision in the Interior appropriations bill that will result in the overturning of current law and assure the extermination hundreds of healthy elk and mule deer on Santa Rosa Island, off the coast of California. Siding with environmental extremists, Feinstein claims that the Kaibab deer and Roosevelt elk on Santa Rosa Island are destroying natural vegetation and thus, should be indiscriminately exterminated. The Feinstein-sponsored provision would repeal language offered by Representative Duncun Hunter (R-CA) that was enacted into law last year.

Santa Rosa Roosevelt elk and Kaibab mule deer are unique and invaluable, as they are free from Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and other ailments that threaten the species on the mainland. Forty miles of Pacific Ocean offer them a sanctuary from disease. The healthy and thriving herds can be used as breeding stock to repopulate in case of disaster on the mainland.

The NRA, Safari Club International, the Congressional Sportsmen's Foundation, and other sportsmen organizations are fighting these provisions as they make their way through Congress. Please contact your U.S. Senators and urge them to oppose theses provisions.

Because the Interior appropriations bill will be considered in the House on Tuesday and Wednesday, it is critical that you also call your U.S. Representative immediately, and urge him or her to oppose any amendment imposing restrictions on the importation of polar bear trophies or any measure that would result in the extermination of Kaibab deer and Roosevelt elk on Santa Rosa Island.

Answer 1

Where did you get this data? Was it a news report? Is it posted someplace?

Answer 2

They are not native.  We have more deer and elk than we can manage.

Answer 3

Too many deer and elk on a small island can be extremely damaging to the ecosystem.  This can in turn harm animals on the island that are native to it, such as the Santa Rosa Island Fox which is critically endangered.  However, it sounds like the solution would be to capture these animals and transport them off the island rather than killing them.  BUT, who will pay to do this, and where will they be transferred to? Who will pay to feed and care for the deer and elk meant to be breeding stock?? The Bison on Catalina Island (another of the Channel Islands) have recently become overpopulated and they were rounded up and taken off the island.  Most were sold to Indian reservations where the Bison where allowed  to continue living...but many more were sold to the meat industry.  Unfortunately when an animal is stupidly introduced by humans  to an island ecosystem there are always problems to follow, and the animals end up paying the price.

Answer 4

no