More information has come to light about the deaths of two endangered northern spotted owls released into the wild last year. According to the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship, the two male owls were moved to an aviary in a protected forest in the Fraser Valley last June and subsequently released into the wild. In a statement, the ministry said that a necropsy on one of the owls found that “he was emaciated, and his diminished condition was severe enough to cause death.” The statement indicates it’s likely the other owl “succumbed to a predator.” The latest deaths mean that six spotted owls raised in captivity and then released from a conservation breeding program in Langley have died.