Wildlife biologists have confirmed the presence of five federally protected whooping cranes in Hopkins County and received a report of a sixth in Barren County, according to a news release from the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources. The whooping crane is a federally endangered bird that may not be hunted.
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