NPR

To save spotted owls, officials plan to kill a half-million 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 ...
The New York Times

They Shoot Owls in California, Don’t They?

An audacious federal plan to protect the spotted owl would eradicate hundreds of thousands of barred owls in the coming years. Northern spotted owl populations have declined by up to 80 percent over ...
Los Angeles Times

A plan to shoot 450,000 owls — to save a different owl — could be in jeopardy

Federal wildlife officials approved a plan last year to protect northern spotted owls by shooting other owls, but it has faced pushback from animal rights advocates and lawmakers — including ...
KING5

Plan to kill hundreds of thousands of barred owls to save another PNW owl species set to begin

WASHINGTON, USA — A controversial plan to save one species in Washington state by killing another is set to begin soon. The Proposed Barred Owl Management Strategy developed by the U.S. Fish and ...
recordnet

Plan to kill thousands of owls in California draws fierce opposition from some lawmakers

A bipartisan group of 19 lawmakers sent a letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior urging them to stop the Barred Owl Management Strategy. The lawmakers cite the high cost of the program, ...
Kitsap Sun

There's a plan to kill thousands of owls in Washington. Some lawmakers want to stop it.

A group of 19 lawmakers signed a bipartisan letter last week, asking the federal government to halt a plan that aims to kill tens of thousands of barred owls along the West Coast, including in ...