So all those guns are coming in handy, I guess

To save spotted owls, US officials plan to kill hundreds of thousands of another owl species

Documents released by the agency show a maximum of about 450,000 barred owls would be shot over three decades after the birds from the eastern U.S. encroached into the West Coast territory of two owls: northern spotted owls and California spotted owls. The smaller spotted owls have been unable to compete for food and habitat with the invaders.

The plan is "contentious" AP says.