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Catalina Island, CA - October 31: A mule deer doe walks along a hillside near a feral cat feeding station behind the Descanso Beach Club in Avalon, Catalina Island Tuesday, Oct. 31, 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. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. supervisors oppose plan to eradicate Catalina deer by shooting them from helicopters

Los Angeles County Supervisor Janice Hahn drafted an opposition response to a proposal to shoot Catalina Island’s invasive mule deer population from helicopters.
SAN BERNARDINO COUNTY, CA- APRIL 11: Ale Macias, assistant vector ecologist, blows into a container to free the remaining Aedes mosquitoes, at a hotspot in Chino in San Bernardino County, CA on Thursday, April 11, 2024. The West Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District visited five hotspots in Chino, Upland and Rancho Cucamonga where, at each location, 1,050 sterilized Aedes males, also known as "ankle biters," were released to mate with females to lower the population. These invasive mosquitoes have become a nuisance and can spread chikungunya, dengue, yellow fever and Zika. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

Mosquito season is upon us. So why are Southern California officials releasing more of them?

April 25, 2024
Lancaster, CA - September 27: A dog looks out of it's cage at the Lancaster Animal Care Center Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2023. The Lancaster Animal Care Center's dog euthanasia figures are up. Lancaster and Palmdale euthanize the most dogs and at the highest rate of any other county shelter or major municipal shelter in the county. Together, their euthanasia rate has nearly doubled in recent years - from almost 15% in 2018 to 28% through August of this year. Lancaster has already put more dogs down this year than all of last year. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

California wants better animal shelter conditions, stray population curbed

April 24, 2024
File photo of a Southern California Steelhead trout. Southern California steelhead trout have been listed as endangered by the state. Environmental advocates say there is still hope the fish can recover.

Steelhead trout, once thriving in Southern California, are declared endangered

April 23, 2024
On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, joined by leaders from the Karuk, Yurok, Shasta Indian Nation and the Quartz Valley Indian tribes, CDFW released about 90,000 yearling coho salmon. It was the first major release of coho salmon, a state and federally listed threatened species, into the Klamath River since dam removal began in earnest late last year. The fish were trucked about 7 miles from CDFW's new, state-of-the-art Fall Creek Fish Hatchery in Siskiyou County and released following remarks and a Tribal blessing.

As salmon are released into the Klamath River, tribal leaders see a ‘symbol of hope’

April 21, 2024

Avian flu outbreak raises a disturbing question: Is our food system built on poop?

April 18, 2024

‘Scammed on the worst day of my life’: Pet owners say cremation service took their money, ghosted them

April 18, 2024

‘Nobody saw this coming’; California dairies scramble to guard herds against bird flu

April 14, 2024

Coastal salmon fishing banned for a second year amid steep population declines

April 11, 2024
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Long Beach, CA - March 29: NEWS EMBARGOED UNTIL 4/11: Visitors view one of two non-releasable sea otters swimming on its back inside the sea otter habitat at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. The Aquarium of the Pacific in is attempting for the first time to ready a baby sea otter for release back into the wild by pairing it with a "surrogate mom." The adopted mom, they hope, will teach the baby the skills needed to survive in her natural environment. No one is allowed to get close to the surrogate mom and baby - they are trying to prevent all human interaction so the baby has a better chance of being re-wilded. However, cameras are set up to view the pair and there are other otters at the aquarium that we can get closer to. Photo taken at Aquarium of The Pacific in Long Beach Friday, March 29, 2024. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Climate & Environment

Surrogate otter mom at Long Beach aquarium is rehabilitating pup ‘better than any human ever can’

The pup could become Aquarium of the Pacific’s first surrogate-raised otter to return to the wild — if she masters the skills needed to hack it in the ocean.

April 11, 2024

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