Whooping cranes mean more than people.

[capt coonassty]

Originally Posted by "W"

The only question I have is; how did they become almost extinct??

And if they could not survive then, what in the hell makes our WL& F think they can survive now??

Wikipedia says "unregulated hunting and habitat loss"

So under your line of thinking why bring back redfish when they crashed?
People were the cause of both of them to decline.