Texas Fines Whooping Crane Killer, Revokes Guns
There are fewer than 500 whooping cranes left in the wild.
A Texas judge has sentenced a 19-year-old man to five years probation for shooting and killing two endangered whooping cranes on Oct. 25.
The case is a rare example of a successful prosecution under the Endangered Species Act, which among other things, bans the killing of an endangered animal, and punishes perpetrators with up to a year in prison and as
