$6,000 for tips offered after whooping crane shooting

摘要

In Louisiana, rewards totaling $6,000 are being offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction ofwhoever shot an endangered whooping crane more than a year ago.The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries is reoffering most of a $7,500 reward made public earlier thisyear. Whooping cranes are among the world's most endangered birds. About 850 are alive; the 78 in Louisiana are among about 660 in the wild.