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Killing owls to save owls: the US wildlife plan that sparked an ‘ethical dilemma’
A government proposal to cull half a million owls, in order to save a related species, has raised complicated questionsIt sounds like a set-up for an ecological horror film – to save one species of owl, US wildlife officials want to shoot down half a million of its cousins.The federal government’s latest proposal to save the endangered spotted owls has raised complicated questions about the ethics of killing one species to save another, and the role of humans to intervene in the cascading...
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Letters to the Editor: Killing one owl to save the spotted owl: 'I mean, how silly is this conversation?'
To the editor: Should we go into the forest with shotguns to save the spotted owl? I mean, how silly is this conversation? ("Kill barred owls so spotted owls can live? Wildlife service should put plan on hold," editorial, April 2) We had this insane discussion 30 years ago when I was the author of the Heritage Tree State Resolution at the California Democratic Convention. And from the way your editorial was worded, I still see the one all-important sin of omission: Nobody's willing to tackle the...
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Olympians blank Owls
Hermione Robinson threw a five-hit shutout Thursday to lead Columbus East to a 2-0 Hoosier Hills Conference softball win against Seymour. Continue reading at The Republic News.