ORIGINAL: Californiadoctor
Elk are not native to Santa Rosa Island, they were introduced for sport hunting in the early 20th century and have done considerable damage to the indigenous flora and fauna. This is why they are being removedfrom the island. Obviously, to us hunters this is not desireable since we would much rather have the elk to hunt than the non-game species that are native to the island. All elk must be removed by 2011 so it would seem that the operators of the hunts have a big incentive to have all of them killed by then since they will have to bear the cost of removing any elk that remain on the islandafter hunting ends.
Caldoc
They are not being removed yet according to the bill. Even if the navy get its, doesn't mean they will removed totally. The elk and deer have been there for a long time. And I see it as much more attractive than plants.