In his defense, Lane said that when he shot the crane with a rifle at a distance, he was actually aiming at a flock of White Ibis. FYI killing either bird is illegal.
For the first time in 77 years, not one but two baby whooping cranes have hatched in Louisiana. Sara Zimorski, LDWF biologist who is leading the project to re-establish the whooping cranes in our state says this is an historic hatching as the success of the birds depends on whether or not they can reproduce in the wild...