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September 11, 2013

Feds give final OK to owl-killing plan

GRANTS PASS, Oregon (AP) — Federal wildlife officials are moving ahead with an experiment to see if killing a rival owl will help save the northern spotted owl from extinction.

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service said Tuesday it gave final approval to a plan to send trained hunters into the woods to shoot barred owls.


 
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