This is from the International Crane Fdn website (Baraboo WI). They have been active in reintroduction of Whooping Cranes at Necedah and Horicon NWRs and Chassohowitska (?) in FL. More than 20 WHCRs have been shot in the last 5 years. Last month two cranes from the new Louisiana flock were killed in Texas.
The top story here is about applying the ESA in place of the Migratory Bird Treaty Act to this crime. (click "read more" for more info) Earlier stories also feature this shooting. Every few years WHCRs from WI appear in MN. One day they might become more common here. https://www.savingcranes.org/category/newsroom/ GAndersson St Paul ---- Join or Leave mou-net: http://lists.umn.edu/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=mou-net Archives: http://lists.umn.edu/archives/mou-net.html
