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Kentucky: First in Crane Hunting?

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On Dr. Gassett’s answering machine, which someone calling to protest the hunt is likely to encounter, is a similar message about the quality of crane meat. Everywhere cranes gather, from New Mexico to Indiana to Tennessee, people come to watch them. And remember—your letters won the cranes a two-year stay of execution in Tennessee.

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Last Gasp for Sandhill Cranes—Act Now!

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Here are six top reasons to protest this hunt. photo by Vickie Henderson Six Top Reasons to Protest Eastern Flyway Crane Hunting: Sandhill cranes have a very low recruitment rate. The handful of pairs that are attempting to nest in Ohio appear to winter in Tennessee. Please act now. What if they’re shot?

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Open Season on Bald Eagles

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Bald Eagle image is by Francois Portmann and is used with permission You know, I’ve been thinking about this whole dustup over hunting cranes in Tennessee and now Kentucky. People who protest our proposed hunt are trying to strip rights from the hunting public. And my thinking has come around 180 degrees from where it was.

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ACTION ALERT! Tomorrow, MARCH 15, 2011, is the deadline for public.

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If you wrote to Tennessee in the 10,000 Birds campaign this winter, you can cut and paste your letter, changing “Tennessee&# to “Kentucky.&# Please reconsider this proposal, and consider taking a lesson from what happened in Tennessee. We can fight them back in Kentucky, too. Kentucky Dept.

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The Collaborative List 2017 – January.

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Protests were organised, banners were waved, petitions were signed and 6 of the beats have been banned from entering their data. Tennessee Warbler – Oreothlypis peregrina. Nevertheless, The Management has made it clear, in menacing tones and with a flourish on an executive order, that the list will continue. Robles riparian zone.

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