Help Stop Extermination of Deer at Point Reyes

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The National Park Service (NPS) is planning to shoot 1,150 WhiteFallow and Spotted Axis deer at the Point Reyes NationalSeashore 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 deerare negatively impacting the environment or other species in thepark. Their management plan also does not include a non-lethalalternative such as managing or reducing the number of deer

using contraception alone.

If you would like to work with others toward a humane andsustainable solution to managing the deer, please attend one ofthe two community meetings in Marin co-sponsored by In Defense of Animals (IDA) and the

Marin Humane Society and supported by the Jane GoodallInstitute. The purpose of the meetings is to recruit volunteersfor the effort to stop the NPS from exterminating the exoticdeer. Professor Susan Shideler from UC Davis, an expert in

immunocontraception who has experience with Fallow deer, willattend the November 17th meeting.

East MarinWhat: Community meeting to stop extermination of Point ReyesdeerWhen: Tuesday, November 15th, 6:00 p.m.Where: Marin Humane Society, 171 Bel Marin Keys Blvd., Novato(click

www.marinhumanesociety.org/main_contacts.html#anchormapfor directions)

West MarinWhat: Community meeting to stop extermination of Point ReyesdeerWhen: Thursday, November 17th, 7:30 p.m.Where: Dance Palace Community Center, 503 B Street, Point ReyesStation (click

http://tinyurl.com/bqsqm for directions)

If you plan to attend one of these meetings, please contactIDA's Bay Area Coordinator, Karen Steele, at (415) 388 9641,ext. 217 or karen to RSVP.