After that lone crane was relocated to Texas in 1950 in an effort to keep the species alive, the Bayou State was devoid of native whooping cranes until the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries began its current repopulation effort and released 10 captivity-raised cranes in 2011, said LDWF wildlife biologist Sara Zimorski.
How pandemic, hurricane season threatened whooping cranes
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There was “basically no” captive breeding in 2020 because of pandemic restrictions, so juveniles could not be added to either flock, said Sara Zimorski, a biologist with Louisiana's Department of Wildlife and Fisheries.
Virus outbreak cancels whooping crane count in Texas
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