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[M.T. Pockets]

Putting an animal on the endangered species list like this can be hard on it.

I met an old logger who said if the logging crews saw some type of owl in the forest they'd kill it and bury it deep. Because if the environmentalists knew it was there they'd make them stop logging. It was easier to kill them and shut up about it and keep logging.

I'm not defending them killing these endangered owls, just pointing out the possible results of overprotecting a species.