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Senate declines to halt plan to kill off half-million barred owls by Fish and Wildlife Service
Northern spotted owls are being squeezed out by the westward migration of the larger barred owlsThe US Senate rejected an effort on Wednesday to halt a contentious US Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) plan to kill nearly half a million barred owls in order to save their cousin, the northern spotted owl.John Kennedy, the Republican senator from Louisiana, had hoped to block the proposal by bringing the matter to a vote with a joint resolution under the Congressional Review Act. The effort failed with 25 votes to 72 votes. Continue reading…

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