Let’s Not Kill 450,000 Owls (www.currentaffairs.org)

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[-] PhilipTheBucket@ponder.cat 2 points 1 week ago

The first problem with this is obvious. Because the two species of owls are so similar, and the Fish and Wildlife Service would be deputizing landowners to shoot them in the middle of the night, the likelihood of the owl-killers misidentifying their quarry and accidentally killing the spotted owls is high.

That is not the first problem with this.

this post was submitted on 24 Mar 2025

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