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  • Plan finalized to kill barred owls to save spotted owls

    Bill Lucia, Washington State Standard via Oregon Capital Chronicle|Updated Sep 3, 2024

    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 owls. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a decision on Wednesday to adopt a controversial barred owl management strategy that calls for lethal removal of the birds by shooting them with shotguns and, in some cases, capturing and euthanizing them. Barred owls are native to the eastern U.S. but began expanding... Full story