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  • Hunters helped save rare bird from extinction

    12/14/2005 11:07:17 AM PST · by X180A · 3 replies · 341+ views
    CNN.com ^ | Tuesday, December 13, 2005 | Reuters
    WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- A hunting lodge with antler chandeliers and stuffed ducks on the walls seems a strange place to celebrate the comeback of the ivory-billed woodpecker, but wildlife officials are doing exactly that. They credit hunters in particular with helping bring the rare bird back from presumed extinction in the Big Woods section of Arkansas.