LA County tries to stop Catalina Island plans to shoot down invasive deer via helicopters

A proposal from California's Catalina Island to shoot down invasive mule deer via helicopter has met with a scathing response from Los Angeles County leadership.

The Catalina Island Conservancy, which manages 88 percent of the unincorporated territory's land, submitted a plan last August to the Department of Fish and Wildlife to eradicate the population, due to its negative impact on island wildlife.

But since that initial submission, members of the public have blasted the plans ...