Actually, I see that you have a point, at least according to this: http://www.maine.gov/ifw/wildlife/species/wild_turkey/index.htm
Of course, in PA all people do is go hunting, drink beer, and watch TV, so I was never under any illusions about that turkey having a long life of freedom. I just wanted him to have some freedom before someone killed him to eat his corpse. And I'm confident that's exactly what happened. There are so many hunters in the woods around there, they actually shoot each other by mistake all the time. Boom -- instant karma! Speaking of instant karma, this video is totally hilarious: http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6020264244416084639 On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 12:44:39PM -0400, Indi wrote: > Grazing is instinctive. What you say would be true of the animal was a > predator. > > On Fri, Apr 24, 2009 at 05:36:10PM +0100, Kirsteen Wright wrote: > > On 4/24/09, Indi <[1][email protected]> wrote: > > > > But the night before the drawing (two days before Thanksgiving), > > I decided to just drop by after closing and set him free, screw chance, > > LOL! > > Surely I made some people mad that Thanksgiving... And one turkey > > happy. > > He ran off into the woods that night, and I was glad for him. > > > > My messages are obviously coming in out of sequence :-( I've just got > > this > > one. the trouble with gestures like this is, if you free an animal that > > was raised for food, it usually has absolutely no idea how to survive in > > the wild but continues to wait for food to be given to it. This often has > > the consequence of the animal having a slow and lingering death instead > > of > > a quick one and thus increasing it's suffering. > > > > Kirsteen > > > > References > > > > Visible links > > 1. mailto:[email protected] > > -- > indi -- indi -- The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver. Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org To post, address your message to: [email protected] Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected] The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down... List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
