Japan - Endangered crane's beak regenerates after treatment

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Endangered crane's beak regenerates after treatment

A male Siberian crane's beak, which had been broken last year during a scuffle between two birds at a Tokyo zoo, has completely grown back, marking the first such case at a Japanese zoo....

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Japanese red-crowned cranes at the Akan Japanese Crane Center in Kushiro



Akan Japanese Crane Center　http://www3.ocn.ne.jp/~aicc/
23-40 Kamiakan, Akan, Kushiro, Hokkaido　JAPAN 0850245　
TEL(81)154-66-4011　FAX(81)154-66-4022...

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Izumi crane observation center opens

observation center and disinfection tank


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Red-crowned cranes herald the coming of winter

A graceful harbinger of winter, endangered red-crowned cranes have started returning to their traditional wintering grounds near Kushiro Marsh in Tsurui, a village in eastern Hokkaido....

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1st flock of swans, crane arrive

2 Oct.,
2 swans in lake Hyo, Niigata pref
lake hyo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Hy%C5%8Dko

3 Oct.,
8 swans in lake Inawashiro, Fukushima pref
lake Inawashiro htt...

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Hokkaido's Kushiro city to lend red-crowned cranes to Taiwan

KUSHIRO, Japan (Kyodo) -- The city of Kushiro in Hokkaido has decided to lend a pair of red-crowned cranes, a species designated as a special national natural treasure, to Taiwan...

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21 Dec., ministry of the environment government of japan "MOE" announced
press release by Kagoshima prefecture http://www.pref.kagoshima.jp/__filem...-taisaku-1.pdf PDF
http://www.excite-webtl.jp/world/english/...