Dateline: January 2, 2009. The Corpus Christi CALLER-TIMES reports that food supplies for wintering Whooping Cranes at Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, Aransas, Texas is imperilled due to drought. Insufficient inflow of fresh water from streams feeding the region is blamed for the shortage of blue crabs and other preferred foods for this endangered species according to today’s lead Editorial.

The link to the entire editorial appears at MAJESTIC WHOOPERS.

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