Owls enter egg-laying season as major winter storm barrels toward Albany, Hudson Valley

Great horned owls are heading into egg-laying season just as a winter storm is forecast to bring snow, sleet and frigid ...
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Snowy owl, striped hyena, sharks among migratory species proposed for greater protections

By Shreya Dasgupta Countries under the international treaty to protect migratory animals have proposed increasing protections for 42 species. These include numerous seabirds, the snowy owl, several ...
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Barred owl removals pit environmentalists against animal rights advocates

The federal government’s plan to protect spotted owls by killing barred owls is pitting several environmental nonprofits against animal rights advocates who oppose the strategy. Animal rights and ...
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Feds finalize plan to kill barred owls; animal-welfare groups say they’ll sue

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has pulled the trigger on a plan to kill more than 450,000 barred owls over 30 years to keep the northern spotted owl from being driven out of Oregon and Washington.
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Groups challenge ‘colossally reckless’ plan to kill west coast barred owls

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 ...