Coalition Against the Slaughter of Catalina Deer in Avalon, Catalina Island

Catalina Island, CA - October 31: Protestors with the Coalition Against the Slaughter of Catalina Deer hold signs as island visitors arrive on the Catalina Express boat in Avalon, Catalina Island Monday, Oct. 30, 2023. Catalina Island residents formed Coalition Against the Slaughter of Catalina Deer and are trying to stop the Catalina Island Conservancy from proceeding with a plan to have all 2,000 mule deer on the island shot and killed. These residents believe there are other less violent ways to deal with the deer such as culling herds, and sterilization. Tensions are high. Conservancy biologists say they have been forwarding threats of violence to local law enforcement officers. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)