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To save spotted owls, officials plan to kill a half-million of another owl species (www.npr.org)
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[–] Kelly 4 points 6 months ago

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 cousins.