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The snowy owl (Bubo scandiacus), [4] also known as the polar owl, the white owl and the Arctic owl, [5] is a large, white owl of the true owl family. [6] Snowy owls are native to the Arctic regions of both North America and the Palearctic, breeding mostly on the tundra. [2]
Documents released by the agency show up to about 450,000 barred owls would be shot o ... a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a half-million ...
The federal government has proposed a plan to shoot 500,000 barred owls to save another owl species that inhabits California. Foes say it's a reckless plan.
The USFWS issued a final Environmental Impact Statement to initiate the shooting of 450,000 barred owls in California, Oregon and Washington. US Fish and Wildlife is playing God by carrying out ...
An SSP master plan is a document produced by the SSP coordinator (generally a zoo professional under the guidance of an elected management committee) [1] for a certain species. This document sets ex situ population goals and other management recommendations to achieve the maximum genetic diversity and demographic stability for a species, given ...
Great horned and barred owls compete with spotted owls for food and space in some areas. Barred owls have a negative effect on northern spotted owl survival and fecundity. [4] There are also negative effects when Barred owls live in the same area as Spotted Owls. [20] Spotted owls are nocturnal, sit-and-wait predators. They often hunt from a ...
The smaller spotted owls have been unable to compete with the invaders, which have large broods and need less room to survive than spotted owls. Past efforts to save spotted owls focused on protecting the forests where they live, sparking bitter fights over logging but also helping slow the birds' decline.
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 ...