Barn Owl

Barn Owl * The Barn Owl is a long-legged, long-winged pale owl with a short tale.The Barn Owl is endargered because humans have been building on the Barn Owls natural hunting ground and destroying their old barns. They are rare to find nowadays because the increased use of toxic rat poisions. The organziations most closely associated are World Owl Trust, Barn Owl Studies of Canada, World Wildlife Foundation, and minestry of natural resources. Factors that negatively influence their status is because of human decisions. For example the rat poision is killing rats, and rats are the Barn Owls food contaminating their food source. The organizations could be altered to affect positive change because they are trying to keep this species alive. For example “The Barn Owl Trust”has increased the Barn Owl population by an estimated 37% over a ten year period in the Trust's home county of Devon. One factor that is the most critical for The Barn Owl is food. We are contiaminating their food by using rat poision to kill rats. Rats are their main food source. As a result of several rats and or other small mammals and insects that are prey to the barn owl, having small- large amounts of toxins in there body's can cause consequences such as defeactive birth and death. A proper enviroment is needed for the Barn Owl to survive. What we can do to help these owls are stop using pesticides. Also leave the free standing stuctures of barns for The Barn