10,000 Birds

JULY 17, 2011

All eight hunters on the commission think it’s a good idea to shoot cranes in Kentucky. Why put additional pressure on a recovering species? Why allow hunters to shoot right into the middle of them? The proposal now goes to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for final approval or denial. Gould, Secretary U.S.

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Kentucky Hunters Hunting Protest 260

10,000 Birds

MAY 21, 2011

Hunters frequently refer to them as “Rib-eye in the Sky” due to the excellent taste. ” The big gray feather in Kentucky’s cap, to my thinking, is more like a big old hole, shot right through the crown. Rather, he said it was entirely about giving hunters the chance to hunt cranes. What’s the necessity of hunting cranes?

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Kentucky Hunting Tennessee Indiana 258

10,000 Birds

MARCH 20, 2011

So, one might surmise, it’s OK if they get shot by hunters thinking they’re sandhill cranes? What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death.

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