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Oregon Lawmakers Demand End to Costly Owl Extermination Plan

1/8/2025

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Oregon lawmakers are passionately calling on the new administration to scrap a controversial federal plan to exterminate 450,000 barred owls over three decades, which would cost a staggering $1.35 billion. Critics, including animal rights advocates and experts, argue that this approach is not only impractical but also raises serious ethical concerns while failing to guarantee the protection of endangered spotted owls.

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Oregon lawmakers are passionately calling on the new administration to scrap a controversial federal plan to exterminate 450,000 barred owls over three decades, which would cost a staggering $1.35 billion. Critics, including animal rights advocates and experts, argue that this approach is not only impractical but also raises serious ethical concerns while failing to guarantee the protection of endangered spotted owls.