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International Crane Foundation Aviculturist, Allyce Vogel, Belmont, and Dr. Hartup following Belmont’s ultrasound exam.

On a warm fall morning late last month we safely transported one of our Hooded Cranes, “Belmont,” one-hour south to the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine. In early November, 18 year-old Belmont began exhibiting significant right leg lameness and knuckling of her foot, or walking on the tops of her toes, and we needed additional insight into why this was happening. The International Crane Foundation has had a Memorandum of Understanding with the School of Veterinary Medicine for 24/7 veterinary services since 2000. Most of this agreement is fulfilled by my position at the International Crane Foundation, but it also includes preferred access to the Special Species Service and other specialties at the University when needed.

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It is with much sadness that we share the passing of our friend and talented artist, Victor Bakhtin. Victor painted the beautiful murals in our Platte River Theater and Whooping Crane exhibit (shown above), and designed the graceful crane gates at the entrance to our headquarters.

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“The sadness discernible in some marshes arises, perhaps, from their once having harbored cranes. Now they stand humbled, adrift in history” ~ Aldo Leopold, Marshland Elegy

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The yellow and blue dots on this map are the locations of Wattled Cranes identified during aerial surveys in Mozambique in 2008-09. These data help ICF researchers estimate population sizes and also can be used to analyze the habitats used by cranes. The varying colors on the map correspond with different types of vegetation and land cover, which means that researchers can identify target areas for crane conservation.