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BARABOO - Baraboo in south
central Wisconsin is a long way from Africa, but the wild
cranes of that continent will be the focus of new exhibits
at one of the city's attractions — the International Crane
Foundation.
The foundation is breaking
ground Wednesday on construction of exhibits to display
various African cranes, funded with a $2.9 million gift
pledged last year by the Dohmen Family Foundation.
About $300,000 was pledged
specifically to maintain field work with African cranes,
which often involves conservation programs, investigating
illegal trafficking of the birds and teaching communities to
protect cranes and their habitat.
Crane foundation persident
James Hook says the organization wants to show people how
environmental problems occurring throughout the world can
have an impact on cranes and, in turn, on humans.
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