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U.S. officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of barred owls to save another species from extinction
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/u-s-officials-plan-to-kill-hundreds-of-thousands-of-barred-owls-to-save-another-species-from-extinction
To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-million barred owls that are crowding out their smaller cousins.
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The plan calls for killing up to 470,000 barred owls over three decades after the birds from the eastern U.S. encroached into the territory of two West Coast owls: northern spotted owls and California spotted owls.
(Damn those Yankee transplants!)
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Google Response to “Kill Owls”
It is illegal to kill, capture, or harm any native owl species in the United States. All raptors are strictly protected under federal law by the Migratory Bird Treaty Act, and violating this law can result in severe fines and federal charges. Because wild owls often eat pests like rodents, their presence is usually beneficial to the local ecosystem. Instead of harming them, the best way to deter owls from your property is through non-lethal, humane methods
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Let’s Kill Half-Million Barred Owls … 2024
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2024/07/lets-kill-half-million-barred-owls.html
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Federal Government Killing Oregon’s Owls … 2013
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2013/07/federal-government-killing-oregons-owls.html
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