With thousands of birds nearby, waves crash ashore at one of the Farallon Islands, about 30 miles off San Francisco. After years of scrumming and divisions among environmentalists over the fate of thousands of mice living on the Farallon Islands west of San Francisco, the California Coastal Commission voted 5-3 Thursday to allow the poisoning of the mice. The issue, in brief, is that mice were introduced to the Farallon Islands more than a century ago by sailors. In the Farallon plan, gulls and other birds would be “hazed” off the island before the pesticide drop so they don’t eat either the mice or the poison. A permit request for the cameras was approved by the city of Rancho Palos Verdes, but the area is in the Coastal Zone and the Coastal Commission is exerting its permitting authority.

Source: Los Angeles Times December 18, 2021 12:28 UTC