To save the northern spotted owl, the U.S. government is planning to… kill nearly 500,000 other owls? If you’re reading this headline and thinking to yourself, ‘that doesn’t make much sense to me,’ you’re right. It makes no sense at all. Sign now to tell the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: invest in humane owl […]
Tag: Northern Spotted Owl
The barred owl’s westward migration threatens other species and a whole ecosystem
A new study of nearly 800 barred owls on the West Coast shows the invasive predator feeds on 29 species given special conservation status by federal and state governments. The list includes mammals, birds, fish, amphibians and reptiles, according to an analysis led by researchers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, who describe the wide-ranging pressure […]
Senate Lets Plan Move Forward to Kill 500,000 Barred Owls in Controversial Wildlife Decision
The U.S. Senate has declined to stop a controversial U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) plan that would see nearly half a million barred owls killed in the Pacific Northwest to protect their threatened cousins, the northern spotted owls. According to The Guardian, the vote to block the plan failed 25–72, allowing the large-scale culling […]
Senate declines to halt plan to kill off half-million barred owls by Fish and Wildlife Service
The US Senate rejected an effort on Wednesday to halt a contentious US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) plan to kill nearly half a million barred owls in order to save their cousin, the northern spotted owl. John Kennedy, the Republican senator from Louisiana, had hoped to block the proposal by bringing the matter to […]
Petition: Stop the Attack on Endangered Species Protections Now
The Trump administration is proposing a harmful change to the Endangered Species Act (ESA) that could devastate countless species and the environment. The proposal is designed to benefit industries like oil, gas, mining, and logging, who have long lobbied for weaker environmental laws to increase their profits. If this moves forward, species like the northern […]
Destroying endangered species’ habitat wouldn’t count as ‘harm’ under proposed Trump rule
The Trump administration is proposing to significantly limit the Endangered Species Act’s power to preserve crucial habitats by changing the definition of one word: harm. On Wednesday, the administration proposed a rule change that would essentially prohibit only actions that directly hurt or kill actual animals, not the habitats they rely on. If finalized, the […]
Trump administration seeks to narrow Endangered Species Act by redefining ‘harm’
The Trump administration on Wednesday proposed a rule to redefine what it means to “harm” a protected species under the Endangered Species Act, a move conservationists say will strip vulnerable plants and animals of habitat they need to survive. The proposal advanced by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine Fisheries Service would […]
Lawmakers urge Trump administration to cancel owl-killing plan, say it would cost too much
A bipartisan group of lawmakers on Monday urged the Trump administration to scrap plans to kill more than 450,000 invasive barred owls in West Coast forests as part of efforts to stop the birds from crowding out a smaller type of owl that’s facing potential extinction. The 19 lawmakers — led by Republican Rep. Troy […]