There's an Owl in the Shower Author:Jean Craighead George Borden's father has lost his job at the logging company due to conservationists' efforts to save the spotted owl. As a result, Borden has sworn to hate all spotted owls forever. One day Borden finds an orphaned owlet on the side of the road. Assuming it is a barred owl, he takes it home and nurses it back to health. Slowly as the owl begins to g... more »row, and long after the entire family has already grown to love him, Borden realizes that his pet is indeed a spotted owl.« less
Despite what the book says, the spotted owl was not the cause of loggers losing their jobs, automation had already done that to the logging industry, the spotted owl ruling was a convenient scapegoat for the logging corporations to lay off workers.