White-Naped Crane (IMAGE)

Wildlife Conservation Society

White-Naped Crane

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A new study by WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society) says that breeding populations of white-naped cranes have decreased by 60 percent in Ulz River basin -- an important stronghold for the species in Eastern Mongolia.

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Julie Larsen Maher/WCS

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