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Storm kills 18 whooping cranes All 18 young whooping cranes that were led south from Wisconsin with an ultralight last fall were killed in a Florida storm.
Whooping cranes are among the world's largest and rarest birds, with only about 600 alive today-all descended from 15 that lived in coastal Texas in the 1940s. They are protected under state and federal laws. The male is from the first group of whooping cranes released in Louisiana in 2011, and the female was from the second group, released later that year, said Adam Einck, spokesman for the department's enforcement division.