Whooping crane

Rayne man sentenced for killing, transporting whooping crane

Kaenon A. Constantin, 28, was sentenced on July 30 to five years of probation for killing and transporting a federally protected and endangered whooping crane, according to a news release from U.S. Attorney David Joseph.

$6,000 reward offered

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Enforcement Division agents are still looking for leads regarding an endangered whooping crane that was shot in Acadia Parish in late October of 2018. The crane was found with a broken wing on Nov.

The ending of an unlikely success story

People in south Louisiana don’t often pay attention to news from a relatively obscure research facility in Maryland, but the announcement that the Patuxent Wildlife Research Center is winding down its whooping crane breeding program has a special connection to us.

Ville Platte man cited for shooting whooping crane

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries enforcement agents cited a Ville Platte man on July 26 for ashooting an endangered whooping crane in Evangeline Parish. Agents cited Gilvin P.

2 people from Rayne cited for shooting whooping cranes

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) Enforcement agents cited a Louisiana man and a juvenile on April 3 in Acadia Parish for allegedly shooting two endangered whooping cranes. After an almost two-year investigation, LDWF agents cited Kaenon A.