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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

That’s what you do with other game, right? My friend Vickie Henderson , who has some serious long-range vision, looked at the science behind Tennessee’s crane hunting proposal and found it badly wanting. Mail Stop 7060 Washington, D.C. Why not just shoot the biggest one? I thought whooping cranes were all white.

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Some Chinese Pheasants

10,000 Birds

As a popular game bird, the Ring-necked Pheasant seems to have such high importance in the US that there are several papers just discussing the species in individual US states. Washington. Examples: California. Connecticut. New Jersey. North Dakota. Rhode Island. South Dakota. Wisconsin.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

He did so and won the support of the Clinton administration and Senate Democrats by maintaining the underpinnings of sound science as the basis for all E.S.A. Carter Roberts President and Chief Executive World Wildlife Fund Washington, Jan. Critics in and out of Congress have been quick to question the motives for the delay.