Whooping cranes
Dear shore bird hunters,
I would like to inform you that you should be extra cautious during your hunts to watch out for whooping cranes. The Whooping Crane is white with black on the tips of its wings. Their wingspan is 7.5 feet and the stand 4.9 feet tall. They are known for their good meat and luscious feathers. These are a very rare species and on the endangered list, so when you are hunting shore birds you need to be aware of what you are shooting at. You might just hit a whooping crane, not only is it bad for the population but you can also be fined up to $85,000, 2 years on probation with no hunting, fishing, or trapping and have your firearms taken away while you are on probation. As an animal rights activist I would like you to stop hunting all together to avoid a situation like that, but I can’t stop you but I hope you make the right choice.
These majestic birds were heavily hunted for their meat and feathers in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, causing them to almost go extinct with a count around 20 birds in 1937. They almost went extinct from hunting and habitat loss but now are held in captivity for breeding purposes and are slowly coming back. There are now laws that nobody can hunt whooping cranes and sand hill cranes because they look alike and animal rights activists don’t want to take any chances. There are scientists in the U.S and Canada that take 1 egg from ever 6 laid and put them in an incubator and hold them until they are old enough to be on their own and release them back into the wild.
It is important that we keep this species alive not only because they are very majestic birds but they control vegetation and over populated fish. One day hunters and scientists wish for the rehabilitation of these cranes so people can start hunting sand hill cranes again. I don’t think we will ever hunt Whooping cranes ever again but if we have enough Whooping cranes we might be able to hunt Sand Hill Cranes.
Sincerely,
writer
I would like to inform you that you should be extra cautious during your hunts to watch out for whooping cranes. The Whooping Crane is white with black on the tips of its wings. Their wingspan is 7.5 feet and the stand 4.9 feet tall. They are known for their good meat and luscious feathers. These are a very rare species and on the endangered list, so when you are hunting shore birds you need to be aware of what you are shooting at. You might just hit a whooping crane, not only is it bad for the population but you can also be fined up to $85,000, 2 years on probation with no hunting, fishing, or trapping and have your firearms taken away while you are on probation. As an animal rights activist I would like you to stop hunting all together to avoid a situation like that, but I can’t stop you but I hope you make the right choice.
These majestic birds were heavily hunted for their meat and feathers in the late 1800’s and early 1900’s, causing them to almost go extinct with a count around 20 birds in 1937. They almost went extinct from hunting and habitat loss but now are held in captivity for breeding purposes and are slowly coming back. There are now laws that nobody can hunt whooping cranes and sand hill cranes because they look alike and animal rights activists don’t want to take any chances. There are scientists in the U.S and Canada that take 1 egg from ever 6 laid and put them in an incubator and hold them until they are old enough to be on their own and release them back into the wild.
It is important that we keep this species alive not only because they are very majestic birds but they control vegetation and over populated fish. One day hunters and scientists wish for the rehabilitation of these cranes so people can start hunting sand hill cranes again. I don’t think we will ever hunt Whooping cranes ever again but if we have enough Whooping cranes we might be able to hunt Sand Hill Cranes.
Sincerely,
writer