The survival of one owl species hinges on the demise of another. 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 ...

The barred owl, a non-native invasive species, has caused havoc on the native spotted owl's habitat and territory. With a stark warning that the spotted owl could be extinct in significant parts of ...

(AP) — To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, US wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense West Coast forests to kill almost a ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

There is something shocking about trying to save one species by killing nearly half a million of another species. That’s what the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed in a plan to save the ...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has proposed shooting over 400,000 barred owls over the next 30 years in order to save endangered spotted owls. Barred owls have migrated here from the Eastern U.S.

ARCATA, Calif. — The hooting had died down and the two bird lovers faced the immensity of the dark forest. Scanning his light among the redwoods, Danny Hofstadter listened. The distant ocean sounded ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – A group of animal advocacy organizations are calling on the federal government to stop a proposal that aims to save spotted owl populations by killing invasive barred owls in ...

Perched high near Bolinas Lagoon earlier this month, a barred owl slowly swiveled its head, surveying its new home with sleepy disregard. Then it vanished — taking with it all hopes of capture. The ...

I have the unenviable duty to argue for lethally managing barred owls — charismatic and complex creatures to whom we owe consideration and respect, but which are also an invasive species wreaking ...