Endangered cranes killed in Fla. storms
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All 18 endangered young whooping cranes that were led south from Wisconsin last fall as part of a project to create a second migratory flock of the birds were killed in storms in Florida, a spokesman said.
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Two workmen have been killed by a crane which fell on them in the grounds of a secondary school in Sussex.
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By JAMES A. CARLSON MILWAUKEE - All 18 endangered young whooping cranes that were led south from Wisconsin last fall as part of a project to create a second migratory flock of the birds were killed in storms in Florida, a spokesman said.
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By Victoria Advocate, Texas  Mar. 7--AUSTWELL -- In a recent aerial survey of the Aransas Wildlife Refuge, only 180 whooping cranes were spotted, but refuge officials believe the sea fog that rolled in hampered the count.   Tom Stehn, whooping crane coordinator for the U.S.
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Environmentalists trying to return a red kite population to the wild in Ireland said Wednesday that one of the recently released birds had been found shot dead.
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A program to reintroduce migratory whooping cranes to the eastern United States suffered a major blow when the Florida storms killed of the 17 birds.
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Hurricane Ivan drilled the Gulf Coast on Thursday with 130-mph winds that inflicted far less damage than feared everywhere except Florida's Panhandle, where residents were left with surge-ravaged beachfronts, flooded streets and homes ripped apart by deadly tornadoes. The storm was blamed for at least 20 U.S. deaths, most of them in Florida.
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By RELMA HARGUS  A Thanksgiving trip Keri Bryan and her family took to the Aransas National Wildlife Refuge in Texas brought them into the presence of a record number of wild whooping cranes.  Whooping cranes have been endangered for years.
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By CARRIE ANTLFINGER MILWAUKEE - A whooping crane was spotted alive on Sunday after it was believed killed with 17 others in severe Florida storms, according to an organizer of a migratory project.
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By CAROL J. WILLIAMS  MIAMI - The fate of a generation of endangered migratory whooping cranes now rides on the fragile wings of a 10-month-old chick known as Number 15.
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By James A. Carlson  MILWAUKEE - All 18 endangered young whooping cranes that were led south from Wisconsin last fall as part of a project to create a second migratory flock of the birds were killed in storms in Florida, a spokesman said.
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By Dean Baker, The Columbian, Vancouver, Wash.  Mar. 2--The Portland Audubon Society offered a $500 reward today for information leading to the person who shot and killed a rare sandhill crane at the Shillapoo Wildlife Area near the Columbia River on Wednesday.   A U.S.
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SAN DIEGO - The only captive member of what may be the world&#39;s most endangered species of bird has died in Hawaii, zoo officials announced Tuesday.
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By ANNYSA JOHNSON  It is a stirring sight that has awed Wisconsinites for six years now: an ultralight aircraft aloft in the fading sunlight, leading endangered whooping cranes from the Necedah National Wildlife Refuge on their maiden migration south.
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By The Associated Press  MILWAUKEE - A whooping crane was spotted alive on Sunday after it was believed killed with 17 others in severe Florida storms, according to an organizer of a migratory project.
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Three people, including a baby, die when a crane collapsed in the city of St Petersburg.
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By JIM ELLIS LADY LAKE, Fla. - Disaster crews with dogs went from one pile of debris to another in a search for bodies Friday after powerful storms, including at least one tornado, smashed hundreds of homes across central Florida and killed 19 people or more.