[birdky] Re: KY Sandhill cranes - article in Lex Herald-Leader - how to contact KDFWR
- From: brainard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- To: birdky <birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:00:48 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
This does *not* mean what Ceci thinks it means ... that is a *STANDARD* message
that will run on the KDFWR web site until January 15, 2013. The season was
meant to stay open 30 days (Dec 15 to Jan 15) **OR** until the quota is met.
Each day it is not met, KDFWR is simply letting hunters know that the season
has not been closed PRIOR to January 15th ......
BPB, Louisville
-----Original Message-----
>From: linda craiger <lindacraiger@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>Sent: Dec 28, 2012 12:45 PM
>To: "thefarsidefarm@xxxxxxxxx" <thefarsidefarm@xxxxxxxxx>, birdky
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>Subject: [birdky] Re: KY Sandhill cranes - article in Lex Herald-Leader - how
>to contact KDFWR
>
>Way to go KY.....not enough Sandhill Cranes killed, so extend the season....
>we will kill anything in sight!Linda Craiger / Glasgow
> > Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2012 09:38:34 -0800
>> From: thefarsidefarm@xxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [birdky] KY Sandhill cranes - article in Lex Herald-Leader - how to
>> contact KDFWR
>> To: birdky@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> CC: lindacraiger@xxxxxxxxxxx
>>
>> 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?)
>> (here's link to KDFWR - http://www.kdfwr.state.ky.us/) TO PHONE KDFWR -
>> DIAL 800-858-1549 - in case anyone has an opinion they'd care to share with
>> them...
>>
>> 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 Associated Press
>>
>> FRANKFORT 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
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