US Agency Proposes Killing Barred Owls to Save Spotted Owls

U.S. proposes killing barred owls to save northern spotted owls - NPR

A proposal by the US Fish and Wildlife Service to kill roughly half a million barred owls to protect the spotted owl has conservationists and animal welfare ...

To save spotted owls, US officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands ...

Documents released by the agency show up to about 450,000 barred owls would be shot over three decades after the birds from the eastern US ...

Wildlife officials plan to kill 450K barred owls to save spotted owls

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said its proposal, released last week, might be the only way to save the spotted owl, whose population has ...

Barred Owl Management | U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service

Researchers also have seen a few instances of barred owls interbreeding with or killing spotted owls. Because the spotted owl is already struggling due to its ...

To save an endangered owl species, kill off other owls, government ...

That's what the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service argues in its proposal to allow the agency to shoot hundreds of thousands of barred owls over the ...

Killing barred owls isn't the way to to save northern spotted owls ...

The US Fish & Wildlife Service has proposed killing hundreds of thousands of barred owls over the next 30 years in an effort to protect the endangered northern ...

Plan finalized to kill barred owls to save spotted owls

The federal government will move ahead with plans to kill tens of thousands of barred owls in Washington, Oregon, and California to protect threatened spotted ...

To Save Spotted Owls, US Officials Plan to Kill Hundreds of ...

Documents released by the agency show up to about 450,000 barred owls would be shot over three decades after the birds from the eastern U.S. ...

US Agency Proposes Killing Barred Owls to Save Spotted Owls

The proposal from the US Fish and Wildlife Service suggests eliminating "larger and more aggressive" barred owls to save the threatened ...

U.S. plans to save spotted owls by killing 450000 barred owls

In an effort to save the endangered spotted owl, US wildlife officials have proposed a controversial plan to kill nearly half a million barred owls.

Federal agency plans to cull 450,000 barred owls to boost another ...

The US Fish and Wildlife Service hopes a proposal to cull barred owls along the West Coast will prevent the spotted owl's extinction.

Grim Dilemma: Should We Kill One Owl Species to Save Another?

Federal officials are set to launch an effort to save the threatened northern spotted owl by killing thousands of invasive barred owls in the Pacific Northwest.

Shooting barred owls to save spotted owls in the Northwest - OPB

In November, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed shooting over 400,000 barred owls over the next 30 years in order to save endangered ...

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Releases Final Environmental Impact ...

Northern spotted owl populations are rapidly declining due to competition with invasive barred owls and habitat loss. California spotted owls, ...

The US's controversial owl-killing plan - The Week

... owl-killing proposal to save one species from extinction. ... barred owls in order to restore the population of spotted owls.

Whag do you think about this plan to kill thousands of barred owls to ...

So even though a species like the spotted owl requires protection under the ESA, the most beneficial actions, like to straight-up safeguard the ...

Feds propose shooting one owl to save another in Pacific Northwest

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to enlist shooters to kill more than 500,000 barred owls over the next 30 years in the ...

USFWS may kill 400K invasive barred owls to save spotted owl

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on Nov. 16 proposed saving the endangered northern spotted owl by shooting more than 400,000 barred owls ...

Editorial: Kill barred owls so spotted owls can live? Wildlife should ...

A proposal by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife agency to shoot naturally migrating barred owls because they are moving into spotted owl territory ...

U.S. government proposes culling barred owls to preserve spotted ...

Government officials have proposed killing 470000 barred owls over 30 years to make space for endangered spotted owls.