1. From men, the whooping crane has received neither love nor respect.

2. Such is the challenge facing the International Whooping Crane Recovery Team.

3. It is also the natural nesting place of the whooping crane.

4. Known in Japan as tancho (red peak), the red-crowned is the second rarest crane species, after the whooping crane, with a world population of fewer than 2, 500 birds.

5. The two-stamp set featured a black-necked crane and a whooping crane.