this post was submitted on 30 Mar 2024
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The US sure loves their genocides. I'm hoping for a protracted owl war against the regime. Maybe Dirt_Owl can help set that in motion.
another amerikkkan genowlcide
what the fuck, what is the excuse for this
Habitat loss making it harder for native owls to compete against invasive owls, so the US solution is to start killing owls and hope for the best
If they're killing the invasive species, that's actually a good call.
If
The plan is to cull 90 percent of the population, so if there are one in ten misidentifications it will be a failure.
It's not hard to properly identify an owl, and they typically hire really good people for that stuff. Source: my [relative] used to work for the forest service as an ornithologist.
Also: if they accidentally kill some non invasive birds by accident, that's still less destructive than letting the invasive species crowd out the original ecosystem.
Thank god it's not like some fish where half.the juvenile stages look the same.
my [relative] used to work for the forest service as an ornithologist
This sounds like a betrayal equivalent to if Jane Goodall used her skills to help exterminate a tribe of gorillas
Do you know what the forest service does? They are a conservationist organization within the US government. It's one of the most unambiguously positive parts of the government.
My relative would tag specimens of protected and endangered species of owls, note their locations, and then prevent loggers from destroying those habitats. [Relative] is a hippie environmentalist, and they literally would not have taken a job that harms animals.
More info on the forest service PDF download
Killing invasive species protects countless other species from extinction, so it has to be done. Those invasive species have their own habitat elsewhere, so they're not threatened, and they have to go.
Of course the feds are in awe of comrade dirt_owl's power. This is the only thing they know, violence. Dirt_owl if you need refuge this community has your back
barred owls are OP and must be nerfed
@[email protected] Might as well tag them.
Nobody should talk behind someone's back, even as a joke.
They can turn their head 360 degrees so it's not my fault.
It's all your fault.
In fact, Adam and Eve? That was your fault too.
This is a Futurama bit
Not beating the Poot allegations
What?
So like ther was this one time some mice got into some nuclear waste bags and consumed like Cobolt 60 contamination.
The the owls got a hold of the mice and the base personnel had to track down the owls because their poo was leaving radioactive waste all over.
Aren't unpredictable consequences just awesome?
wut
no more half measures walter
So this has got to be barred owls, right?
I hope it goes like Australia and the emus.