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deer

[deer] / dɪər /


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“These deer have become beloved to many of the islanders, as well as the thousands of tourists who descend on Catalina Island every year,” she said Tuesday in an interview.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

“The solution — which is basically the only solution at this point — is the lethal removal of all the deer to best protect the island.”

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Maintaining a smaller deer population is not possible, according to Barton, who said the conservancy fully evaluated other methods for solving the deer challenge, which has vexed them for at least 20 years.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

About 22 deer were brought to the channel island for sport hunting in the late 1920s, and their numbers soon ballooned to roughly 2,000, Barton said.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 2, 2026

Eventually, they found a deer track that wound up the side of the falls.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver

He asked, “Are there dead deers in mythology that are significant?”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 9, 2026

“There are deers behind the El Cariso Park and the L.A. Mission College, Lopez Dam and near another county dam higher up on the Pacoima River wash,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2024

“The people we put in the game, they’re never scared. There’s no deers in the headlights,” Wood said.

From Washington Post Apr. 25, 2022

“There were years when we actually had so many deers donated that we ran out of money,” said Bud Thomas, the group’s longtime treasurer.

From New York Times Nov. 24, 2021

Mr. Polite said I throwed up so plentiful that didn’t no deers nor rabbits die in the woods for five years after.

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis




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