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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. Eventually, I found the lone whooping crane present at the refuge by its call. In the only state in the Central Flyway that protects cranes from hunting. I knew I’d never heard that before. Nobody needs to eat them.

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