Would you rather eat a dead owl while being watched by a circle of live owls, or a live owl while surrounded by dead owls?

Owls are not kosher so I would not knowingly eat them.

Furthermore I love owls and find them adorably awesome and cute..

That being said I would eat a burger in a cowfield and I also adore cows

Well, at some point the live one would die from being eaten, but it's raw, so no!
So, I'll eat the dead one, cooked, in front of his buddies and discuss his taste and extol his virtues as a meal.