 I don't know that you would actually even need to smuggle an owl. You could probably just attract one to your barn. Is it legal? I don't know all the rules, but I know there are rules. So doesn't one need a permit to trap? I don't know. One last thought. Why would they want to kill 500K owls and bounce it on the news? Well, I'm glad they did, because if they didn't, we wouldn't know that, and they've got to be stopped.