The decision makers with the authority to stop the slaughter of the Catalina Island Mule Deer include Alison Wrigley Rusack, Lifetime Benefactor of the Catalina Island Conservancy AND the Catalina Island Company Chairman, which manages the island's natural resources; California Governor Gavin Newsom, and Chuck Bonham at the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, which oversees wildlife management and conservation in the state of California.