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Monday, January 24, 2022, 5:45pm
By Colleen Leahy

There are believed to be less than 1,000 whooping cranes left in the world. The killing of four whooping cranes in Oklahoma has led to concerns that a proposed sandhill crane hunting season in Wisconsin could lead hunters to mistake the extremely rare whooping crane for sandhills. An expert explains.

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