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A Cute Story of Sandhill Surrogacy

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Years of experience told the team that if a chick isn’t around other cranes during its early months, the possibility of imprinting on a human increases, making it difficult to return the chick to the wild when ready. While caring for the adult crane, SeaWorld’s team rescued a newly hatched sandhill crane chick.

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Proposes 2015 Expansion of Hunting and Fishing Opportunities on National Wildlife Refuges

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The Refuge is now home to nearly 200 species of birds, over 50 species of mammals, 25 species of reptiles and amphibians, and a wide variety of insects, fish and plants. The Louisiana black bear’s threatened status warrants protection under sections 7 and 9 of the Endangered Species Act.

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314 U.S. Bird Species Threatened — Many with Extinction — by Global Warming

10,000 Birds

The experience was marvelous — but it also weighed heavily on me. … Conservation Audubon endangered species Extinction Week longspurs science' That’s one of my photos above. we are hosting Extinction Week here on 10,000 Birds from 7 September to 13 September. Come back, click through, read, learn.

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