What changes to whooping cranes' environment almost wiped out the species in North America in the early 1900s?(1 point)

Responses

People nearly wiped out opossums and rabbits.
People nearly wiped out opossums and rabbits.

People dug canals and sold cranes as pets.
People dug canals and sold cranes as pets.

People drained wetlands and hunted cranes.
People drained wetlands and hunted cranes.

People drilled oil wells and let pythons loose.

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The correct response is:

People drained wetlands and hunted cranes.

This combination of habitat destruction and hunting significantly contributed to the near extinction of whooping cranes in North America in the early 1900s.