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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. Why put additional pressure on a recovering species? The public comment period on the Kentucky sandhill crane hunting proposal ends AUGUST 1 2011.

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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. Pushing a hunt on a touchstone species like the Sandhill Crane at a time when wildlife watching is exploding and hunting is declining is an oddly divisive thing to do. Street, N.W.

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