Is killing native owls to save native owls a good thing?
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When populations of a species decline to perilous levels, efforts to forestall extinction can take many forms. Under the nation’s Endangered Species Act, it is common to designate “critical habitat,” allowing a species to recover on its own, given adequate space, resources, and implied protection from whatever caused its original decline.
One widely cited example of a critically endangered species is the spotted owl of the western U.S.
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