[DallasBiff]

I have nothing against owls, all I know is the owl hate skunks, from a Partridge family episode.

[JayGalt]

Humans pretending to be God. This will not end well and is an abomination.

[Verginius Rufus]

If this means that the overall number of owls is less, won’t that mean an explosion in the numbers of the prey species (such as rodents) that the owls normally kill?

[Jim Robinson]

Don’t sport with Mother Nature.

[bosco24]

Why don’t they kill the last of the few thousand Spotted Owls instead? That is much easier and saves everyone a lot of hassle.

[PIF]

another bad idea form the people who love bad ideas.

[cuz1961]

i was on our blm salem oregon district spotted owl survey early 90’s.

our wildlife biologist cooked the books by swapping habitable acreage with total acreage thus changing 100 % habitat saturation to endangered.

i told my boss.

next year i wasn't given another nte 180.

[rdl6989]

The level of stupid is off the charts.

[Flag_This]

Seems unfair to kill the barred owl just because the spotted owl has better lobbyists.

[BobL]

“To save spotted owls, US officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of another owl species”

Not a problem, just take it to Congress and have them pass a bill to authorize it.

(by the way, know any good oil companies? perhaps Chevron?)

[sevlex]

We had to destroy the village in order to save it.

[LegendHasIt]

I wonder what the Spotted Owls did to make God or Gaia angry at them.

[lurk]

They tried this trick in Australia.

[Libloather]

Send them all into one of those windmill meat grinders. That’ll learn ‘em.

[Scrambler Bob]

deploy trained shooters
= = =

After they have started, check if they are using lead.

If so, lock them up.

[Flag_This]

Wait. Wait. Wait! What if the barred owl just identifies as a spotted owl?

[dayglored]

This is insane, arrogant as hell, and just plain stupid. Not to mention that there’s a pretty decent chance while the hunters are taking out the target species, they’re probably going to accidentally take out At least a few of the species they’re trying to save. I don’t have words for these freaking bureaucrats, all I can do is spit.

[DoodleBob]

Skinner: Well, I was wrong. The lizards are a godsend.
Lisa: But isn't that a bit short-sighted? What happens when we're overrun by lizards?
Skinner: No problem. We simply release wave after wave of Chinese needle snakes. They'll wipe out the lizards.
Lisa: But aren't the snakes even worse?
Skinner: Yes, but we're prepared for that. We've lined up a fabulous type of gorilla that thrives on snake meat.
Lisa: But then we're stuck with gorillas!
Skinner: No, that's the beautiful part. When wintertime rolls around, the gorillas simply freeze to death.

[Redleg Duke]

Trying to play god again!

[Karliner]

I had to look twice this isn’t Babylon Bee

[MinorityRepublican]