Author Archives: KY4cranes
Urgent action needed for Whooping Cranes
Four Whooping Cranes Are Dead The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are investigating the deaths— the result of an outrageous illegal shooting event. We are angry and heartsick. The International Crane Foundation, … Continue reading
Deaths Of Endangered Whooping Cranes Under Investigation
The following was posted December 16, 2021 by the Friends of the Wild Whoopers Whooping Crane Deaths Under Investigation The Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation (ODWC) is working with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to investigate the deaths of endangered Whooping Cranes … Continue reading
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Plans to Gut Protections for Whooping Crane
The Center for Biological Diversity press release, December 13, 2021 Buried in the Biden administration’s unified regulatory agenda released last week is a plan by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to weaken or end protections for several iconic species, … Continue reading
Historic First – Whooping Cranes Found Nesting in Texas
For the first time in recent history, two pairs of endangered Whooping Cranes have been found nesting in southeastern Texas. The Whooping Cranes, part of a non-migratory population originally introduced in Louisiana, are currently found on private land in Jefferson … Continue reading
Honoring Gee Whiz – A Father of Whooping Crane Conservation
The following is from a March 12, 2021 press release courtesy of the International Crane Foundation Newsroom, North America, Travels with George, Whooping Crane Gee Whiz, a Whooping Crane extremely important to crane reintroduction, passed away recently in Crane City, our breeding facility. He … Continue reading
Social distancing during COVID-19
Please continue to do your part and stay home but if you have to go out for essentials remember to keep a Whooping Crane of space, or more, between yourself and others! Social distancing should be practiced in combination with … Continue reading
$10,000 reward offered for information on shooting of endangered Whooping Crane in Jefferson Davis Parish
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement Division is seeking information on the shooting death of an endangered Whooping Crane in Jefferson Davis Parish in November 2019. Agents said the dead crane was found in a rice and crawfish field … Continue reading
Raising public awareness of Whooping Cranes one decade at a time
After the disappointing November 2019 ruling of “probation” for the poacher responsible for the 2018 shooting death of adult male Louisiana Whooper, L8-11 – the first Whooping Crane with his partner, L7-11, in the new Louisiana non-migratory flock to nest and … Continue reading
Public hearing and comment period for changes to the Sandhill season, is NOW!
Time is running out for those opposed to the proposed changes to the Kentucky Sandhill Crane season. Unfortunately, due to lack of public comment in March 2018 when the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources District Commissioners met, some of the … Continue reading