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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

Over the winter, the universe lost four whooping cranes to what appears to be recreational shooting: three gunned down together in Georgia on December 30, 2010, and another in Alabama on January 28, 2011. Most of the deer and duck hunters I know lament the loss of an old growth forest or flood-plain swamp as much as I do.

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