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Whooping Cranes

Whooping Cranes
Pleistohorse, 24 Jun 2015
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    • Pleistohorse
      22 June 2015
    • carlos55
      Nice exhibit, how many zoos have whooping cranes these days ?
    • Pleistohorse
      I don't know. San Antonio has had them from 1984 at least. If memory serves it was the only zoo to hold them back in the 1980's.
    • carlos55
      About 3 years ago i saw a pair of whooping cranes at milwaukee zoo but in a caged in aviary. The national zoo in D.C. seems to have a pair,but this exhibit seems to be the best.
    • Gulo gulo
      San Antonio Zoo, Calgary Zoo, Smithsonian's National Zoo, Lowry Park Zoo (still have theirs?), Milwaukee Zoo and Zoo New England - Stone Zoo. International Crane Foundation also houses them as does Audubon's ACRES facility. There could be others but I am unsure of non-Zoo related facilities.
    • Pleistohorse
      Thank you for that information Gulo...it was very nice this species.
    • Chlidonias
    • Maguari
      I believe Jacksonville Zoo still have them as well - I saw them there (and at Lowry Park) in late 2013. Lovely birds - and even more so for me as they were the last 'new' crane species I had left to see. :)
    • Youssarian
      Audubon Zoo has Whooping Cranes as well, in addition to the ACRES facility (which is non-public)
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