[birdky] KY Sandhill cranes - article in Lex Herald-Leader - how to contact KDFWR
- From: Ce Ci <thefarsidefarm@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: BirdKY <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:38:34 -0800 (PST)
Since not enough cranes have been killed in KY thus far this year, KDFWR is
keeping the sandhill crane hunting season open another day (or more?)Â (here's
link to KDFWR - http://www.kdfwr.state.ky.us/)Â TO PHONE KDFWR - DIAL
800-858-1549Â - in case anyone has an opinion they'd care to share with them...
Â
This article from today's Lexington Herald-Leader (with many others in various
publications nationwide) -
http://www.kentucky.com/2012/12/28/2457454/whooping-cranes-land-in-sandhill.html
Whooping cranes land in sandhill hunting season
Published: December 28, 2012 Updated 6 hours ago
Read more here:
http://www.kentucky.com/2012/12/28/2457454/whooping-cranes-land-in-sandhill.html#storylink=cpy
By Roger Alford â Associated Press
FRANKFORT â Kentucky wildlife officials report they've spotted an endangered
whooping crane at the Sloughs Wildlife Management Area near Henderson and that
they've received a report of two others along the Pond River in Hopkins County.
The sightings of the rare birds, which are on the comeback from near
extinction, prompted the Humane Society of the United States to again call for
the halt of a hunting season on sandhill cranes for fear that shooters might
mistakenly kill the whooping cranes instead.
Kentucky's second sandhill crane season, already under way, runs through Jan.
13 or until 400 of the birds are killed.
"Since whooping cranes bear a strong resemblance to sandhill cranes, continuing
the hunt could put this seriously threatened species in extreme danger," said
Pamela Rogers, the Humane Society's Kentucky director.
The whooping cranes, believed to be among a group released in other states in
an effort to establish a flock in the eastern United States, are white with
black wingtips and a red crown. They have wingspans of 71/2 feet and stand up
to 5 feet tall on stilted legs.
Wildlife officials acknowledge that whooping cranes "are similar in silhouette"
to sandhill cranes. However, they said sandhill cranes have gray bodies and are
slightly smaller than whooping cranes.
The state wildlife agency circulated a news release last week alerting hunters
that they should be careful not to confuse the whooping cranes with sandhill
cranes or snow geese, which can be hunted in Kentucky.
Fewer than 600 whooping cranes now live in the wild in the United States.
"We are not surprised to learn that some whooping cranes have been sighted at
this time in Kentucky," Rogers said. "In our comments to Kentucky Fish and
Wildlife in opposition to the sandhill crane hunt, we noted that some whooping
cranes flock with sand-hill cranes during migration stopovers."
Last year, hunters killed 50 sandhill cranes in Kentucky. The season marked the
first sandhill crane hunting season in a state east of the Mississippi in a
century.
Wildlife officials have said that "hunters pursuing migratory game birds are
exceptionally skilled at identifying different species and have proven in other
states with sandhill crane seasons that they are not likely to make an
identification mistake."
Rogers isn't convinced.
"Over the past year, multiple whooping cranes have been illegally shot and the
threat of poaching, accidental or otherwise, remains all too real," she said.
"For the long-term survival of both species, we again urge Kentucky Fish and
Wildlife to cancel this hunt. "
Ceci & friends at
The Far Side Farm
--- On Fri, 12/28/12, linda craiger <> wrote:
From: linda craiger <lindacraiger@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [birdky] Sandhill cranes
To: "birdky" <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, December 28, 2012, 11:02 AM
I read in USA Today this morning that the Humane Society of the United States
has called for the halt of Sandhill Crane hunting in KY because of the
reporting of the Whooping Crane near Henderson. Just wondering why the Fish &
Wildlife folks did not report the Whooping Cranes sighted in Barren County this
November...guess it was because Barren county had the most Sandhill Cranes
killed in our county last year and they did not want to receive flack about
it!?!?Linda Craiger/Glasgow                      Â
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