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She told reporters
that she has begun carrying a stick to defend herself and her
pooch from the feathered fiend.
The Oberlin Chronicle-Telegram
reports that the wild turkey has been seen regularly over the past
year and has been becoming bolder in approaching humans.
"My kids have enjoyed watching it, said resident John H.
Scofield, whose Bronco (pictured, above right) has been a favorite
roosting spot for the urban bird. But he said his children, ages 2 and 5,
avoid
getting close to the turkey.
It has sharp talons, a school principal warned students.
This week, the Ohio Division of Wildlife sent out a squad to study and capture the
beast, but they were unable to find it. Dan Kramer, a wildlife
management supervisor, cautions, "As far as we know, its still out
there."
| Bad
Turkey Joke #1 |
What
does a space turkey say?
"Hubble, Hubble, Hubble." |
2. Turkey Attempts to Rob Bank
PLAINFIELD, Conn. (USA) Customers
of the Jewett City Savings Bank were reportedly held at bay by a
20-pound turkey hen who was perhaps bent on perpetrating the world's
first bank gobblery.
Not far from a local supermarket where shoppers were carting home
her frozen cousins, the wild turkey caused quite a stir, reports the
Hartford
Courant:
"The Plainfield turkey chased one man
around his car and came at a woman who threw her keys at the
creature. It took several people to corral the feisty bird, a
feat eventually accomplished by a highway employee who raises geese
and chickens.
"The gobbling creature was last seen strutting toward
Pachaug Forest, where she has earned the right to live in peace, and
the respect of several bank customers."
| Bad
Turkey Joke #2 |
Why
did the turkey cross the road?
To prove that she wasn't chicken. |
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Rather than fighting fearsome, frozen fowl this year, our
senior editor "Wags" will be cooking "tofurkey",
a new tofu-based creation with double the protein, one-tenth the
fat ...and none of the sharp claws. Yeah, Wags is a real
health-food-mutt. (Photo: Turtle
Island Foods)
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3. Couple Rescues Poultry;
Chicken "Thinks She's a Dog"
CLIFTON HEIGHTS, Del. (USA) "Fetch.
Lay down. Lay an egg." These are some of the
tricks Diane and Richard DePompeo may be training their
"dogs" to do. The Clifton couple recently rescued a turkey and two chickens
from the Ninth Street Market in Philadelphia.
"Instead of having them butcher Helen, I took her
home," says Mr. DePompeo about the newest family member,
Helen the turkey.
In addition to two skunks living in the basement, the
DePompeos have also raised a Rhode Island Red (chicken) named
"Sweetie Pie".
"Sweetie Pie thinks she's a dog. When she hears my truck
pull up she runs out to greet me," says Mr. DePompeo.
"Sweetie Pie figured out which window is our bedroom
window and she pecks on it for us to let her in," he adds.
As for the family's new turkey, he told News
of DE County: "Helen is the most affectionate one
I've had. She'll lay down next to you to be petted."
When asked what will be on the dinner table this holiday
season, Mr. Pompeo answered, "Anything but turkey. I
don't like the way it tastes."
4. President Pardons Turkey
Ron Prestage of the National Turkey Federation (left) and
President Bush (right) gave "Katie" (center) a reason to
be thankful this week at the Rose Garden of the White House.
(Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais / AP)
WASHINGTON, D.C.
(USA) "By virtue of this pardon, Katie is on her
way not to the dinner table but to Kidwell Farm in Herndon,
Virginia," proclaimed President George W. Bush on Tuesday,
issuing a last-minute reprieve to a farm-bred turkey headed for
the axe.
Instituted by President Harry Truman in 1947, it has been a
White House tradition to grant clemency to a Thanksgiving turkey every year
since, but "Katie" is the first female fowl to enjoy
the honor. Along with previous rescues,
she will go to live out the rest of her natural life at Kidwell
Farm, Frying Pan
Park, a petting farm in Virginia.
As former President Bill Clinton once said:
"We can all be grateful that there will be one less turkey in
Washington."
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