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WWT: 24 hour security for western Britain's first crane egg

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Conservationists at WWT Slimbridge Wetland Centre in Gloucestershire have set up a round-the-clock guard to protect the first crane egg laid in western Britain in over 400 years. Hunting and the loss of wetlands drove cranes to extinction in Britain by 1600. Since 2010, the Great Crane Project has been rearing cranes in captivity and reintroducing them to the West Country. The egg at WWT Slimbridge is the first known to be laid by cranes released by the project. Read more - http://www.wwt.org.uk/news/news/2013/05/wwt-news/24-hour-guard-for-western-britains-first-crane-egg-in-four-centuries/