Why Turkeys Should Give Thanks This Thanksgiving
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Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Soon millions of Americans will gather around dinner tables to give thanks and eat turkeys, but there would be no turkeys at all if animal conservation efforts hadn't saved the species more than a hundred years ago!
Key Points:
- Soon millions of Americans will gather around dinner tables to give thanks and eat turkeys, but there would be no turkeys at all if animal conservation efforts hadn't saved the species more than a hundred years ago!
- "Thanksgiving and the history of wild turkeys is the perfect starting point for a lifetime of awareness.
- In the early 1900s wild turkeys numbered less than 30,000 and had been eradicated from 18 of their native 39 states.
- Thanks to the conservation efforts of President Teddy Roosevelt and others, the wild turkey populations now number over 7 million and our Thanksgiving traditions continue.