In reply to the first comment: The author stated that the Barred Owl used the trees which had been planed for windbreaks and parks, and did not suggest those had been planted "just for the barred owls to use". And he also agreed with your feeling that no one truly wants to kill any of these owls. But if the choice is to cull just some of the Barred Owls, or to accept that ALL of the Spotted Owl will go extinct within a generation, which would you choose? That conundrum is ultimately the point of the article.
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