# The US Plans To Kill 450,000 Owls To Save Another Species

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/the-us-plans-to-kill-450000-owls-to-save-another-species/
- Published: 2024-07-06T10:00:45-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image caption: Barred owls (Strix varia) are powerful vocalists, known for their loud hoots. Image credit: Mark Musselman / National Audubon Society via NCTC Image Library. Public Domain. Article by Tom Hale. Edited by Maddy Chapman. IFLScience – July 5, 2024.  The US Fish and Wildlife Service has revealed their final plan to kill nearly half a million owls. The motive behind the mass cull? The survival of another species of owl. In a Final Environmental Impact Statement published this week, the agency proposed […] Click here to view original web page at www.iflscience.com