Snowy Owl Numbers Drop 40% in Canada

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Canada just declared Quebec's official bird threatened with extinction - and scientists say we're watching the Arctic collapse in real time.

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Snowy owl populations crashed 40% in just 24 years - that's three entire generations wiped out.

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Scientists got it wrong for decades - there aren't 290,000 snowy owls worldwide, there are only 14,000 to 28,000 breeding adults left.

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Winter rain in the Arctic creates ice prisons that trap lemming food underground, starving the owls' primary prey.

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When lemmings can't dig through ice to reach plants, their populations crash - and snowy owls abandon their nests or skip breeding entirely.

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Melting permafrost turns solid hunting grounds into muddy swamps while shrubs invade the open tundra owls need to spot prey.

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Southern migration brings a deadly obstacle course - car strikes, power line electrocutions, and wind turbine collisions kill thousands.

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Farm rodenticides create a hidden killer - owls eat poisoned mice and rats, accumulating toxins that prove fatal.

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The Arctic is changing so fast we can't even keep track of it,' warns University of Victoria researcher Louise Blight.

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Federal and Quebec governments haven't officially recognized the threatened status despite scientific evidence - protection laws remain dormant.

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Wildlife expert compares ecosystem loss to Jenga - pull out enough species and everything collapses at once.

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The U.S. isn't completely out of the game—the NRC recently approved Kairos Power to construct its own type of advanced reactor, though not identical to China's design.

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