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Millions of Animals to Be Sacrificed for U.S. Holiday
By Mark Hawthorne
Aubrey the turkey lived peacefully at United Poultry Concerns in Virginia
When most people in the United States think of animal sacrifice--if they think of it at all--they likely imagine a ritual of antiquity or a ceremony
carried out on some far-off island. But animal sacrifice is alive and well right here in the U.S., and it's not only practiced by religious acolytes.
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Millions of Animals to Be Sacrificed for U.S. Holiday
Peeper, a Story of Unending Love, by Kathryn King
Every night as he was growing up, if I got on the sofa and lay on my back, Peeper would fly up, lie on my chest, and lay his face by my face for me to pet
and stroke him, and we would do this for hours. How many people would think this of a turkey?
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Tina Turkey Pours Her Heart Out, by Elsie Reimenschneider
“This is supposed to be a great time of year. Oh, yeah? Try telling any turkey that!”
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