Texan who killed 2 endangered whooping cranes gets probation

BEAUMONT, Texas (AP) — A Southeast Texas man must serve five years of federal probation for killing two endangered whooping cranes while hunting.
Trey Joseph Frederick was sentenced Tuesday in Beaumont.
A magistrate also ordered the 19-year-old Beaumont man to pay nearly $26,000 in restitution, barred Frederick from owning or possessing firearms or ammunition and prohibited him from hunting or fishing in the U.S. for the next five years.
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