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Can The Whooping Crane be Saved?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 September 2009

Freda Davies
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In the autumn of 1952 two wounded birds were flown to the Aransas Wildlife Refuge in Texas, U.S.A. Both were whooping cranes (Grus americana) and were suffering from shotgun wounds. Both subsequently died despite the best efforts of ornithologists.

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Research Article
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Oryx , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , August 1953 , pp. 120 - 122
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1953