All Of President Obama’s Pardoned Turkeys Are Dead

US News ^ | November 19, 2013 | Nikki Schwab

[Vigilanteman]

Table turkeys aren't bred to live long. My Dad was both a veterinarian and a contracted state inspector for slaughterhouses in Minnesota, which is the leading producer of table turkeys in the nation.

There is so much meat bred into them that they aren't even capable of normal poultry copulation. Their eggs have to be fertilized by artificial insemination.

Chances are better than 50-50 that a table bred turkey which survives Thanksgiving and Christmas will die of naturally causes by the next year. Heart attacks are one of the most frequent causes of death, probably second only to encounters with sharp edges.

. . . which is why turkey pardons are strictly for theatrical purposes.

[a fool in paradise]

If you like your turkey, you can keep your turkey!

[a fool in paradise]

Cobbler, 2012’s official pardoned turkey, lived through the summer and was euthanized on Aug. 22. …

Death paneled.

[Venturer]

Give the Turkey to one of the Homeless shelters in DC to feed to the Homeless.

[Mark]

Nancy Pelosi is still around.

[colorado tanker]

As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly!

[Lucky9teen]

[Vigilanteman]

See my post #21. Wild turkeys can live ten years or more. They may be the same species but are quite a different animal than table turkeys.

Even among chicken breeds, the lighter egg laying breeds will live a considerably longer life than the heavier meat breeds. And the meat breeds aren't even in the same ballpark as table turkeys. They are perfectly capable of copulation and only do it a little less frequently than the lighter egg-laying breeds.

[Lucky9teen]

[alancarp]

President Nessman

I know what you did there. Which means we're both old.

[silverleaf]

Cobbler got a pain pill

[EQAndyBuzz]

“http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lf3mgmEdfwg&sns=em";

Still the best episode ever in sit-com.

[goat granny]

I swear I thought turkeys could fly..thud, thud thud..

[a fool in paradise]

Who says investigative journalism is dead?!!

[goat granny]

the first time my husband and I decided to butcher one of our turkeys for thanksgiveing we learned a few lessons on what not to do..#1 hubby wrapped the live turkey in large rubber tubing to keep it from flapping after cutting off the head. #2 after you cut off the head it still keeps on opening and closing its beak and moving on the barn floor. #3 the beheaded turkey can still flap its wings as it hung on the barn beam. #4 if you both grap the headless turkey with wings flapping, the one that holds the butcher knife has to remember to drop the knife before he makes a grab at the bird and almost slits wifes throat with the knife still in his panic hand. Wife survived, turkey didn’t. Next time we did one of our own turkeys, we brought out a paper grocery bag to throw turkeys head in....that head can really creep you out. Tie up turkey with something besides rubber tubing that flapping wings of a 35 pound bird can flap out of...

[JoeProBono]

[Utah Binger]

This flock of wild turkeys were across the highway last week. When I went out they flew to the trees in the distance about 100 yards. Photo taken from our deck.

They also perch in the trees at night.

[I want the USA back]

Stupid custom. Especially since we have a big turkey in the white house who keeps getting pardoned for the unconstitutional things he does.

[LucianOfSamasota]

Just like The Running Man.

I knew it.

[MrB]

Why would he get upset about “Obama Richard”?