Volunteers Needed to Help Stop Extermination of Exotic Deer at Point Reyes

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3. Volunteers Needed to Help Stop Extermination of Exotic Deer at Point

Reyes

 

The National Park Service (NPS) is planning to shoot 1,150 White Fallow and

Spotted Axis deer at the Point Reyes National Seashore simply because they

are not native to the area. However, the NPS's Draft Environmental Impact

Statement (DEIS) does not present any scientific evidence that the exotic

deer are negatively impacting the environment or other species in the park.

Their management plan also does not include a non-lethal alternative such as

managing or reducing the number of deer using contraception alone.

 

If you would like to work with others toward a humane and sustainable

solution to managing the deer, please attend one of the two community

meetings in Marin co-sponsored by IDA and the Marin Humane Society and

supported by the Jane Goodall Institute. The purpose of the meetings is to

recruit volunteers for the effort to stop the NPS from exterminating the

exotic deer. Professor Susan Shideler from UC Davis, an expert in

immunocontraception who has experience with Fallow deer, will attend the

November 17th meeting.

 

East Marin

What: Community meeting to stop extermination of Point Reyes deer

When: Tuesday, November 15th, 6:00 p.m.

Where: Marin Humane Society, 171 Bel Marin Keys Blvd., Novato (click here

<http://www.marinhumanesociety.org/main_contacts.html#anchormap> for

directions)

 

West Marin

What: Community meeting to stop extermination of Point Reyes deer

When: Thursday, November 17th, 7:30 p.m.

Where: Dance Palace Community Center, 503 B Street, Point Reyes Station

(click here <http://tinyurl.com/bqsqm> for directions)

 

If you plan to attend one of these meetings, please contact IDA's Bay Area

Coordinator, Karen Steele, at (415) 388 9641, ext. 217 or karen to

RSVP.