To save spotted owls, US officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of another owl species

To save spotted owls, US officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of another owl species - ABC Columbia

(AP)– 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. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service strategy released Wednesday is meant to prop up declining spotted owl populations in Oregon, Washington state and California. The Associated Press obtaine…

To save spotted owls, Wildlife officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of another owl species

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service strategy released Wednesday is meant to prop up declining spotted owl populations in Oregon, Washington state and California.

To save spotted owls, officials plan to kill a half-million of another owl species

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service strategy is meant to prop up declining spotted owl populations in Oregon, Washington and California by killing barred owls that have encroached into their territory.(Image credit: Don Ryan)

To save West Coast spotted owls, U.S. plans to kill 450K invasive barred owls

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service strategy is meant to prop up declining spotted owl populations in California, Oregon and Washington state.

To save spotted owls, US officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of another owl species

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.

Contentious Plan to Save Spotted Owls: Barred Owl Cull | Science-Environment

Contentious Plan to Save Spotted Owls: Barred Owl Cull In a bid to save the imperiled spotted owl, U.S. wildlife officials have proposed a contentious plan that involves culling nearly half a million barred owls in the dense forests of the West Coast.The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service detailed the strategy, which could see up to 450,000 barred owls shot over three decades to preserve spotted owl populations in Oregon, Washington, and California…