[Mr. Douglas]

Different strokes for different folk.

They must have been store-bought. Wild turkeys can fly.

Then again, maybe they were frozen turkeys and already “dead” before they hit the ground.

Thing about non-wild turkeys is that they are so stupid that it is about as hard to be cruel to them as it is to be cruel to an oak tree.

[SoCal Pubbie]

The article says “live turkeys” were tossed out of the plane.

[Jeff Chandler]

Thing about non-wild turkeys is that they are so stupid that it is about as hard to be cruel to them as it is to be cruel to an oak tree.

I was told domestic turkey chicks require the company of chicken chicks to teach them how to peck for food.

[Talisker]

Thing about non-wild turkeys is that they are so stupid that it is about as hard to be cruel to them as it is to be cruel to an oak tree.

Nonsense. Cruelty is an aspect of the oppressor, not the victim. Throwing turkeys out of a plane is indefensible. In addition, yes, it's possible to be cruel to an oak tree. Here's an example - wait till spring and all the buds sprout on the tree, and then go snap them all off. That's cruel, period. Cruelty is intent.

[Oatka]

Then again, maybe they were frozen turkeys and already “dead” before they hit the ground.

I met a guy at a seminar one time, who had an interesting job. It was to lob poultry carcasses of various sizes into jet engines to determine a balance between cost and effectiveness in preventing the kind of engine failure that happened with US Airways Flight 1549.

Maybe it was an Urban Legend, but he said his Canadian counterparts were having far different results. Turns out they were using FROZEN chickens and turkeys.