News and Commentary
Big Outrage Over Killing Non-Native Deer In Marin County
Putting Environmentalists At Odds
Over the last three months, the national park service has quietly killed hundreds of deer in Marin County. It's happening at Point Reyes National Seashore where the future of non-native deer has been hotly debated for years.
http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=assignment_7&id=5716799
National Park Service Begins Extermination of Point Reyes Deer
Sharpshooters kill more than 80 White Fallow and Spotted Axis Deer in park
Since the National Park Service (NPS) first announced their intention to exterminate all the non-native White Fallow and Spotted Axis Deer from Point Reyes National Seashore in Marin County, Calif., IDA has actively opposed the plan.
http://saveptreyesdeer.org/feature_070905.html
A Local Birder Encourages Members of the Marin Audubon Society to Take Action
Blog Commentary from the Birding Sonoma County Blog | June 4, 2007
The Audubon Society is rapidly losing member support here in the San Francisco Bay Area of California because of a decision made at an official, Marin Chapter Audubon Society level about a local issue which local people feel very strongly about.
http://www.americanbirdguide.com/wordpress/?p=66
ProHunt - Monstrous Killers, May 2007 update, Pt. Reyes Deer
Blog Commentary from the SEOigloo Blog | May 12, 2007
The SEOigloo bloggers react to the discovery that the Point Reyes National Park Service's intention to hire extremist animal exterminators, ProHunt. This blog post offers a short reflection on the dangers of paying human beings to become machine-like killers.
http://www.solaswebdesign.net/wordpress/?p=85
Easy Target
by Zachary Slobig, San Francisco Chronicle | May 6, 2007
This article breaks the news to the San Francisco Bay Area that the Point Reyes National Park Service intends to hire a corporation of mercenary gunmen, ProHunt, from New Zealand to exterminate the Fallow and Axis Deer. ProHunt Chief Executive Norm MacDonald chillingly describes the kill-everything ethics of his corporation.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/05/06/CMG2TP64HN1.DTL
Deer offered sanctuary from Park snipers
by Micah Maidenberg, Point Reyes Light | January 31, 2007
This newspaper article covers an unexpected development in the story of the Point Reyes Deer. The monks of the Vedanta Society, who live on a 2000 acre property in Olema, California, have refused to allow the NPS to shoot the Fallow Deer that live on the retreat property. This article presents an interview with the monks and details their position of non-violence.
http://www.ptreyeslight.com/cgi/news_archive_2007.pl?record=23
Deer in Park's Gunsight
by Richard Kirschman, Coastal Post | January 2007
One of the best and most compelling articles written to date about the utter lack of facts and data the NPS has actually gathered or proven about the Fallow and Axis Deer. Kirschman documents his vain attempts to obtain figures or proofs of any kind from the NPS that might show that the deer are affecting the ecology of the seashore. A must-read article.
http://oceanbeachdog.home.mindspring.com/Deer_CPO.htm
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 >>
Dr. Jane Goodall's letter to the Park Service
Dr. Jane Goodall's letter to Superintendent Neubacher | April 5, 2005
Dr. Goodall sent this compassionate and intelligent letter to Superintendent Neubacher in April of 2005, requesting that the NPS stop the cycle of violence and implement strategies that sustain life rather than destroying it.
http://www.idausa.org/campaigns/wildlife/pdfs/Goodall Letter.pdf
Channel Islands National Park ex-chief hits cruelty of killing "invasive species"
Commentary from Animal People Online | April 2005
An excellent commentary piece written after retired Channel Island National Park Superintendent Tim J. Setnicka publicly documented the truth about the National Park Service's systematic vilification of targeted animals, deception of the public and inhumane killings of the wild pigs on the Channel Islands.
http://www.animalpeoplenews.org/05/4/tsg.channelIslands4.05.htm
The Crucial Confession of an Ex-NPS Chief
by Tim J. Setnicka | March 25, 2005
This must-read article was written by a retired Channel Island National Park Superintendent. Read his confession of the truth of how the National Park Service, the Nature Conservancy, and ProHunt create media spins that deceive the public in order to be able to carry out their so-called mega-kill, poison and burn plans. Reading this article will help all Friends of the White Deer to understand how these three entities work, and what the massacre of the Channel Islands wild pigs teaches us about what will happen to the Point Reyes Deer.
http://www.idausa.org/campaigns/wildlife/pdf/call_for_moratorium_on_island_hunt.pdf
The Marin Humane Society's Letter to NPS Superintendent Donald Neubacher
MHS Executive Director to Superintendent Neubacher | March 10, 2005
This letter is the Marin Humane Society's initial plea to the NPS, written in 2005 and asking the Park to find a 100% non-lethal solution to managing the Fallow and Axis Deer. This clear and eloquent letter was one of many that were sent to Superintendent Neubacher, but the requests of both respected organizations and the people of Marin were summarily dismissed by the NPS.
http://www.marinhumanesociety.org/Rescues/Deer/DeerLetter.pdf
A Taliban Beachhead on Point Reyes
by David V. Mitchell, Point Reyes Light
This thorough newspaper article offers a history of the National Park Service's actions toward the Fallow and Axis Deer from 1974 until the present. Comparing the NPS to dangerous extremist groups with violent ideologies, Mitchell details whythe people of West Marin are fed up with park policies.
http://www.ptreyeslight.com/columns/sparsely/sparsely0210_05.html