Thursday, November 22, 2018

A Thanksgiving Story About The Limits Of Human Empathy: Tossing a Bird That Does Not Fly Out of a Plane

The town of Yellville in Arkansas has come to feel a touch bashful about its annual “Turkey Trot” weekend, when a dozen or so turkeys, which do not fly, are thrown from planes, which do, to the delight of many Yellville residents. “When you drop a turkey from hundreds of feet in the air, the panicked animals try to right themselves. Some catch a gust. Others do not. Some die when they hit the ground. Others survive with broken bones. Yet others are grievously injured when they are fought over by local kids. Some perish of apparent shock. A few, it is fair to note, are rattled, but physically unharmed.

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