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TexasTowelie

(112,204 posts)
Thu Oct 19, 2017, 02:22 AM Oct 2017

Turkeys thrown from plane during Arkansas festival prompt FAA probe

The annual turkey drop in which a turkey is flung from a low-flying plane at an Arkansas festival has prompted a federal investigation.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced it is looking into whether the activity complied with regulations. The annual Yellville Turkey Trot has included the bird drop for about 50 years, according to the Southwest Times Record in Arkansas.

In the past, the FAA has said it has not intervened because the turkeys were not considered projectiles.

But Rose Hilliard, a local animal rights activist, claims in a formal complaint with local law enforcement that the birds were “terrorized” by the pilot and that state animal cruelty laws had been violated.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/article179255816.html#storylink=cpy

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Turkeys thrown from plane during Arkansas festival prompt FAA probe (Original Post) TexasTowelie Oct 2017 OP
the pilot went "boogity boogity" bdtrppr6 Oct 2017 #1
This is definitely animal cruelty because the turkeys were not provided democratisphere Oct 2017 #2
They threw a turkey out of an airplain to it's death. Merlot Oct 2017 #8
A bit of a rant... peequod Oct 2017 #3
Agreed! I don't think throwing a living animal that can't fly Merlot Oct 2017 #7
As god is my witness I thought turkeys could fly! Canoe52 Oct 2017 #4
At risk of being off-point ... Mike Niendorff Oct 2017 #5
Most iconic TV line from that era ? CincyDem Oct 2017 #6
 

bdtrppr6

(796 posts)
1. the pilot went "boogity boogity"
Thu Oct 19, 2017, 02:32 AM
Oct 2017

to the birds, "terrorizing" them. then he threw them out of a plane.

which they loved cuz they had always been told they couldn't fly.

peequod

(189 posts)
3. A bit of a rant...
Thu Oct 19, 2017, 03:45 AM
Oct 2017

This may seem like a joke article to some, but my question is this: what sick f*cks get their jollies off of throwing limited flight birds out of a plane to their, often, deaths? I’m sure many see Turkeys as especially dumb and therefore—unscientifically—incapable of feeling terror or pain, but if they’re going to eat Turkeys, I hope the good people of Yellville, Arkansas can agree amongst themselves not to terrorize the birds before killing them and end this cruel practice. According to a Wapo article, a local newspaper editor suggested tossing frozen butterball turkeys from a plane on the crowd; in that case, these Thanksgiving thrill seekers might just get their own little taste of terror.

Merlot

(9,696 posts)
7. Agreed! I don't think throwing a living animal that can't fly
Thu Oct 19, 2017, 06:29 AM
Oct 2017

out of an airplane is funny.

Frozen butterballs indeed!

ps much as I loved WKRP, the humor in that turkey scene escapes me.

Mike Niendorff

(3,461 posts)
5. At risk of being off-point ...
Thu Oct 19, 2017, 04:26 AM
Oct 2017

... yeah, the same clip came to mind. I'm clearly a very bad person on some level




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CincyDem

(6,362 posts)
6. Most iconic TV line from that era ?
Thu Oct 19, 2017, 05:12 AM
Oct 2017
"As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly".

I know I'm biased by location but seriously, is there a more memorable line from a 70's/80's TV show. I'm not talking about signature character lines that were used repeatedly, (ex. Dyne-O-Mite or "Who loves ya, baby?&quot but lines that were only used once and have been seared into our collective memories ?

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