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Coalition Forms to Halt Controversial Owl Culling Plan

7/20/2025

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A powerful alliance of Republican lawmakers and animal rights advocates is rallying against a controversial U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plan to cull 450,000 barred owls, aimed at saving the endangered spotted owl in the Pacific Northwest. Detractors label the initiative as both expensive and cruel, calling on Congress to intervene and halt the plan.

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Story summary

A powerful alliance of Republican lawmakers and animal rights advocates is rallying against a controversial U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plan to cull 450,000 barred owls, aimed at saving the endangered spotted owl in the Pacific Northwest. Detractors label the initiative as both expensive and cruel, calling on Congress to intervene and halt the plan.