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FOX News Reports on IDA's Campaign to Save Exotic Point Reyes Deer
IDA Bay Area Coordinator Speaks Out Against Extermination Plan in National Television Broadcast
IDA's campaign to prevent the National Park Service (NPS) from killing the magnificent White Fallow and Spotted Axis deer at Point Reyes National Seashore gained national attention recently when FOX News covered the story and broadcast it across the country. More >>
Save the Exotic Deer of Pt Reyes National Seashore
The National Park Service is planning to exterminate the beautiful White Fallow and Spotted Axis deer from the Point Reyes National Seashore (PRNS). These deer are creatures of rare beauty and have resided in the PRNS for more than half a century. The deer were originally purchased in 1948 from the San Francisco Zoo by a Point Reyes resident who released them into the wild to hunt. When Point Reyes became a national park in 1962, hunting was banned in the area and the remaining deer have thrived ever since. At present, about 1,150 exotic deer live in the park. 
Many visitors to the Point Reyes National Seashore north of San Francisco have been lucky enough to glimpse the exquisite deer and and they have become an important part of the visitor experience.
Now the National Park Service wants to eradicate these special animals simply because they are non-native!
National Park Service Plan
Currently, the National Park Service (NPS) is advancing a plan to eliminate the deer by a combination of sharp-shooting and contraception. The plan has failed to demonstrate that the eradication of the deer is necessary, due to a lack of scientific evidence that the deer’s current population is interfering with the natural resources of the park in any significant way.
 The plan does not include an alternative that considers managing or reducing their numbers through humane methods, such as contraception alone. These methods have proven successful for controlling exponential growth.
The NPS needs to undertake a feasibility study by experts in the field of wildlife contraception as a way to control the non-native deer population growth through strictly non-lethal methods, NOT SHOOTING!
The park service’s Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) can be viewed at:
http://www.nps.gov/pore/home_mngmntdocs_exoticdeer_deis.htm
Comments from IDA and Dr Jane Goodall regarding the proposed plan can be viewed at:
Dr Jane Goodall’s letter to the National Park Service |
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