 They control about 80% of the capital of Port-au-Prince. The upsurge in violence in Haiti has left more than 580,000 displaced in recent months, according to the UN's International Organization for Migration. To save the imperiled spotted owl from potential extinction, U.S. wildlife officials are embracing a contentious plan to deploy trained shooters into dense west coast forests to kill almost a half million barred owls that are crowding out their cousins.