Ornithologist Rob Bierregaard, an assistant professor at University of North Carolina-Charlotte prepares to capture a female owl to giver her a new transmitter in Charlotte, North Carolina, July 6, 2005. (John D. Simmons/Charlotte Observer/MCT)
Thousands of barred owls to be sacrificed to save the northern spotted owl.
united States federal wildlife officials have moved one step closer to their plan to play referee in a habitat supremacy contest that has pitted two species of owl against one another in the forests of the Pacific Northwest.
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