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Turkey That May Have Flown the Coop Headed to Upstate Sanctuary

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Ahead of the holiday, Humane LI has rescued a trio of domestic turkeys potentially bound for Thanksgiving tables. Organization President John Di Leonardo posed with the threesome, including one ( bottom, right) that was treated at the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center in Hampton Bays. COURTESY HUMANE LI

Ahead of the holiday, Humane LI has rescued a trio of domestic turkeys potentially bound for Thanksgiving tables. Organization President John Di Leonardo posed with the threesome, including one ( bottom, right) that was treated at the Evelyn Alexander Wildlife Rescue Center in Hampton Bays. COURTESY HUMANE LI

Humane LI loaded up a cart with tofurkeys at Wild by Nature in Hampton Bays to deliver to animal rescue counterparts. COURTESY HUMANE LI

Humane LI loaded up a cart with tofurkeys at Wild by Nature in Hampton Bays to deliver to animal rescue counterparts. COURTESY HUMANE LI

Humane LI president John DiLeonardo delivered tofurkey to Ally Burke, seen holding Jolene, of the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation last week. COURTESY HUMANE LI

Humane LI president John DiLeonardo delivered tofurkey to Ally Burke, seen holding Jolene, of the Southampton Animal Shelter Foundation last week. COURTESY HUMANE LI

From left to right, Mary Tracy, Grace DeNatale, Ryan Gilmartin, and Rose Lynch and Allen the groundhog with tofurkey brought by Humane LI. COURTESY HUMANE LI

From left to right, Mary Tracy, Grace DeNatale, Ryan Gilmartin, and Rose Lynch and Allen the groundhog with tofurkey brought by Humane LI. COURTESY HUMANE LI

Kitty Merrill on Nov 21, 2022
Four domestic turkeys, including one found on the South Fork, escaped the Thanksgiving dinner table and will live out their days at sanctuaries, thanks to the work of Humane Long... more

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