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Is NYC for the birds? Wild turkeys spur tension
JENNIFER PELTZ, AP
2 hours ago
NEW YORK (AP) Say "wild" and "New York City," and few might fill in these blanks: a flock of feral turkeys causing a flap in a city that defines urbanity.
Yet a population of roving turkeys on Staten Island has become a mess-making, traffic-stopping scourge to some residents, an impromptu natural attraction to others and a fraught project for government officials.
Since dozens of the turkeys were rounded up and killed this summer, the birds' future has become a topic as heated as a Thanksgiving meat thermometer...
http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20131121/US--Urban.Turkeys/
JENNIFER PELTZ, AP
2 hours ago
NEW YORK (AP) Say "wild" and "New York City," and few might fill in these blanks: a flock of feral turkeys causing a flap in a city that defines urbanity.
Yet a population of roving turkeys on Staten Island has become a mess-making, traffic-stopping scourge to some residents, an impromptu natural attraction to others and a fraught project for government officials.
Since dozens of the turkeys were rounded up and killed this summer, the birds' future has become a topic as heated as a Thanksgiving meat thermometer...
http://xfinity.comcast.net/articles/news-national/20131121/US--Urban.Turkeys/
