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19 November 2013
Turkeys: Millions Sacrificed
* Peeper, A Story of Unending Love
* Tina Turkey Pours Her Heart Out - “Let Me Live!”
* “Don’t Gobble Me!” Recipes from UPC

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Millions of Animals to Be Sacrificed for U.S. Holiday

By Mark Hawthorne

Aubrey
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.
Read: 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?
Read: Peeper: A Story of Unending Love

 

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!”
Read: Tina Turkey Pours Her Heart Out

 

Choose “Don’t Gobble Me!” Recipes from UPC
Read: Recipes from UPC

 

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