So Much For Saving The Spotted Owl

Newhouse News ^ | 8/2/2007 | Michael Milstein

[Incorrigible]

 

Previous thread from the same reporter in May 2004:

Endangered [Spotted] Owl Now Threatened by Rival Species

 

[sodpoodle]

I think you should see this;)

and this!
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/1874492/posts

sod

[weegee]

Why not a bounty on Barred Owls?

[RexBeach]

So, in order to save the spotted owl, we now get to ace the barred owl?

Ahem. This doesn’t seem to make much sense.

Say, how about if we arm the spotted owl and let it fend for itself?

[Jeff Chandler]

launch an assault on barred owls — shooting them

[dfwgator]

How am I going to get my Spotted Owl Soup now?

[KarlInOhio]

So federal biologists, under a new owl recovery plan, want to launch an assault on barred owls — shooting them out of some patches of forest to see whether it helps spotted owls.

We have to destroy the owls in order to save the owls.

When are we going to get out of this quagmire of an owl civil war?

[Mr. Jeeves]

I think we need to take immediate action and indict the barred owl for violating the Endangered Species Act. ;)

[KarlInOhio]

Say, how about if we arm the spotted owl and let it fend for itself?

Barred Owls are lifetime members of the NRA and have class three federal gun licenses. They'll just gun down the spotted owls with full automatic fire if the shooting starts.

[evets]

[Red Badger]

I spotted an owl, which started the whole world sighing,
But I didnt see that the owl was on me, oh no.

It started to fry, which started the whole world cringing,
Oh, if they’d only seen that the owl was in me.

I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes,
And I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that they’d said.

‘Til it finally died, which started the whole world crying,
Oh, if Id only seen that the joke was on me.

I looked at the skies, running my hands over my eyes,
And I fell out of bed, hurting my head from things that they’d said.

‘til it finally died, which started the whole world crying,
Oh, if they’d only seen that the owl was in me.

[rhombus]

I thought these environmentalists believed in Darwin. ;-)

[isom35]

which one tastes better I wonder.

[Old Professer]

Fight the barred owl for it.

[Vaquero]

[Hi Heels]

My sister works on the “save the spotted owl” state committee in Oregon. She told me once, Mother Nature sometimes just says no. It’s called evolution.

[Incorrigible]

LOL!

 

[SampleMan]

If there's hope for the spotted owl, biologists suggest, it may be in some such barred owl-free zones.

Why haven't they put of the signs yet?

[sionnsar]

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[Old North State]

The biologists should introduce a predator to control the barred owls that's another strategy always works out just as planned.