A plan to kill all the mule deer on Catalina Island using aerial sharpshooters from helicopters was strongly opposed by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, April 23. The ...

A plan to kill all the mule deer on Catalina Island using aerial sharpshooters from helicopters was strongly opposed by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday, April 23. The ...

Santa Catalina Island’s invasive mule deer dodged a bullet — or several — on Wednesday. At a special meeting of the Los Angeles County Fish and Wildlife Commission, the Catalina Island Conservancy, ...

Catalina Island’s invasive mule deer population got a stay of execution. The Catalina Island Conservancy on Wednesday, May 29, reversed its plans to shoot 1,700 deer on the island located 22 miles off ...

Why now: Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn said in a statement that the Catalina Island Conservancy announced Wednesday that the proposal to hire sharpshooters armed with AR-15 style assault ...

Catalina Island’s invasive mule deer population got a stay of execution. The Catalina Island Conservancy on Wednesday, May 29, reversed its plans to shoot 1,700 deer on the island located 22 miles off ...

Catalina Island previously proposed a plan to have aerial sharpshooters kill the deer, arguing it would be the most effective process.

Danielle Bauter is a travel writer who specializes in California. She's been visiting Catalina Island since she was a child, so she knows which attractions are must-dos. Follow her insider tips to ...