Annie Lowrey

Oh, God. These people, they're like, I've seen them. And I'm like, Trust me, they're bad flyers. These are not hawks. These are not eagles. They're not sparrows. They're not pigeons. And, yeah, that was exactly it. So, anyway, in Yellville, so they throw the turkeys out of this, like, low-flying aircraft. They do this for literally decades. And some of the birds die immediately.

Some of the birds die of shock or stress. They have, like, heart attacks, basically, because they're so upset by this. A lot of them are injured. Some of them survive.

Some of the birds die of shock or stress. They have, like, heart attacks, basically, because they're so upset by this. A lot of them are injured. Some of them survive.

Some of the birds die of shock or stress. They have, like, heart attacks, basically, because they're so upset by this. A lot of them are injured. Some of them survive.

They have this, like, really amazingly overwritten story. And then at some point PETA hears about it. I see. And PETA gets involved. And PETA is just great at whipping folks up. They're like, this is terrible. There's this whole campaign to shut it down.

They have this, like, really amazingly overwritten story. And then at some point PETA hears about it. I see. And PETA gets involved. And PETA is just great at whipping folks up. They're like, this is terrible. There's this whole campaign to shut it down.

They have this, like, really amazingly overwritten story. And then at some point PETA hears about it. I see. And PETA gets involved. And PETA is just great at whipping folks up. They're like, this is terrible. There's this whole campaign to shut it down.

The town cops weren't going to do anything about the turkeys. Like, these are people from this community. Why would they stop it? and be like, okay, let's get that plane's tag number and go and try and find it. People had tried to get the FAA involved because they were like— They wanted the FAA to regulate. Exactly. They were like, can you throw turkeys out of planes?

The town cops weren't going to do anything about the turkeys. Like, these are people from this community. Why would they stop it? and be like, okay, let's get that plane's tag number and go and try and find it. People had tried to get the FAA involved because they were like— They wanted the FAA to regulate. Exactly. They were like, can you throw turkeys out of planes?

The town cops weren't going to do anything about the turkeys. Like, these are people from this community. Why would they stop it? and be like, okay, let's get that plane's tag number and go and try and find it. People had tried to get the FAA involved because they were like— They wanted the FAA to regulate. Exactly. They were like, can you throw turkeys out of planes?

This doesn't seem like a great idea. And the FAA is basically like, yeah, we're not getting involved in this.

This doesn't seem like a great idea. And the FAA is basically like, yeah, we're not getting involved in this.

This doesn't seem like a great idea. And the FAA is basically like, yeah, we're not getting involved in this.

Yeah, completely.

Yeah, completely.

Yeah, completely.

So I went to Yelville to talk to people about this, in part because there was just so much— there's such strong partisans on either side. And a lot of folks in Yelville, many of whom work in turkey processing, are like, you have national media attention over 10 birds, not all of whom die, some of whom survived. At the same time that we are like an agriculturally dependent community where—

So I went to Yelville to talk to people about this, in part because there was just so much— there's such strong partisans on either side. And a lot of folks in Yelville, many of whom work in turkey processing, are like, you have national media attention over 10 birds, not all of whom die, some of whom survived. At the same time that we are like an agriculturally dependent community where—

So I went to Yelville to talk to people about this, in part because there was just so much— there's such strong partisans on either side. And a lot of folks in Yelville, many of whom work in turkey processing, are like, you have national media attention over 10 birds, not all of whom die, some of whom survived. At the same time that we are like an agriculturally dependent community where—

You know, every fall we eat 45 million turkeys that live life in warehouses and get slaughtered when they're like a few months old. Isn't there some irony here?