Lucky turkeys by Zuzana Valkova

This week almost every family in the United States is going crazy. One of their most favourite holiday is coming. Thanksgiving. They are home with their families, watching TV, playing games, and what is very important & eating good meals. Their specialty is definitely thanksgiving turkey. 5.32 millions turkeys are killed every year, just to be dinner for American families. Can you imagine how many it is? They are sold on every corner of every street, and you have to hurry up to pick up the right one for you. But every year there are some lucky turkeys. There is a special ceremony in the White House, where the President of the United States gives presidential pardon to these two lucky turkeys. After this ceremony are the turkeys taken to farm, where they can live happily until the end of their natural life. They even have names. They were usually sent to big farm in state Virginia, but since 2005 they are sent to Disneyland in California or in Florida. So if you want to see these animal celebrities just go there It is not sure why was this ceremony found. First president who gave the pardon was the president Truman in 1947. Maybe he just liked animals or wanted to be popular. But it was really nice decision and I think other animals should get this pardon too.

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071121/ap_on_re_us/holiday_travel;_ylt=AhMFFm7AjooSSLioAmmVF_Ss0NUE

by Zuzana Valkova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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