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When you sit crouched in a blind and watch an adult (whooping crane) stride close by you, his head high and proud, his bearing arrogant and imposing, you feel the presence of a strength and of a stubborn will to survive...

Robert Porter Allen

For the whooping crane there is no freedom but that of unbounded wilderness, no life except its own. Without meekness, without a sign of humility, it has refused to accept our idea of what the world should be like.

Robert Porter Allen

Robert Porter Allen

Robert Porter Allen

Born: April 24, 1905

Died: June 28, 1963 (aged 58)

Bio: Robert Porter Allen 28 June 1963 was an American ornithologist and environmentalist. He achieved worldwide attention for his rescue operations of the whooping crane in the 1940s and 1950s. Allen helped save the Roseate Spoonbill from extinction.

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