Good companion article to the one I just posted.
I couldn't do it. I was so close to a Barred Owl 2 weeks ago, just staring into his eyes and he was making little cooing noises and it was just so pretty and sweet. I got to watch the rehabber train him to get ready for his medical exams. Most of the time he just sat there silently on his branch, so close it was like having him rest on my shoulder.
It's not their fault. Without fixing all the logging loopholes and crooked people allowing environmental plundering to go on, it's like bailing water but not fixing the leak letting the water in. I don't want to lose the Spotted Owl, but I don't think this will do more than delay what is inevitable. Breeding and reintroduction programs don't seem to be working. I think the world the Spotted needs won't exist much longer. Same reason we can't bring mammoths and giant sloths back.