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Outdoor Lovers Endorse Crane Hunt
Thursday, April 12th, 2012 -- 8:29 am
Posted by Riley Hebert-News Director
-Outdoor lovers overwhelmingly endorsed the idea of hunting sandhill cranes at a series of public hearings around Wisconsin this week, according to a tally state wildlife officials released Wednesday.
According to the Associated Press, the Wisconsin Conservation Congress asked everyone who attended its annual statewide spring hearings on Monday whether they support a sandhill season. Attendees approved the idea by more than two-to-one margin, according to a count the state Department of Natural Resources released Wednesday afternoon.
The vote promises to give conservative legislators more leverage as they advance legislation authorizing a hunt -- and ratchet up an already bitter debate in a state that both prides itself on its hunting culture and serves as home to the International Crane Foundation, one of the world's premier crane conservation organizations.
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