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Category: Press Releases
Whooping Cranes Tiki and Torch Proud Foster Parents at the Milwaukee County Zoo
The Milwaukee County Zoo is excited to announce the arrival and hatching of a Whooping Crane foster egg!
Hope Takes Flight for Whooping Crane Conservation
At 3 a.m. on May 10, Kim Allen, a lead zookeeper at Zoo New England’s Stone Zoo, began a journey to Wisconsin transporting very precious cargo.
Maurice Wanjala Receives Disney Conservation Hero Award
“The award is a great honor to me, and recognition of the tireless efforts I have made to save these wetlands, home to the beautiful Grey Crowned Crane.”
Disney Conservation Fund Helps Support Sarus and Siberian Cranes, and the Habitats They Need to Thrive
The International Crane Foundation has been awarded two grants by the Disney Conservation Fund for their work to conserve the rich biodiversity of the Ayeyarwady Delta in Myanmar to protect Sarus Cranes and to continue to strengthen efforts for the recovery of the critically endangered Siberian Crane in East Asia.
New project announcement for south western Uganda!
Juvenile Whooping Crane joins the Indiana flock this fall
“The moment of release was a happy one. Arya, who will be known in the wild as ‘80-19,’ emerged from her transport crate, looked around at her new temporary home and took her first flight in the wild around the wetland.”
Crane Conservation Strategy – Now Available
This landmark volume provides a wealth of information to guide the conservation of the world’s fifteen species of cranes and the ecosystems where they occur. It reflects the work and knowledge of dozens of devoted colleagues in the IUCN Species Survival Commission’s Crane Specialist Group.
The wild Whooping Crane population has grown by two – thanks to the Calgary Zoo
In late-May the number of Whooping Cranes in Wisconsin grew by two, with the transfer of two, one-year-old Whooping Cranes from our partners at the Calgary Zoo.
Whooping Crane eastern population sees the best year yet for wild-hatched chicks
Six wild-hatched Whooping Crane chicks in Wisconsin survived to flight stage in 2018, the most since the Whooping Crane Eastern Partnership began restoring a migratory population of the endangered birds in the eastern United States.