Turkeys thrown from plane during Arkansas festival prompt FAA probe

[TexasTowelie]

The annual turkey drop in which a turkey is flung from a low-flying plane at an Arkansas festival has prompted a federal investigation.

The Federal Aviation Administration announced it is looking into whether the activity complied with regulations. The annual Yellville Turkey Trot has included the bird drop for about 50 years, according to the Southwest Times Record in Arkansas.

In the past, the FAA has said it has not intervened because the turkeys were not considered projectiles.

But Rose Hilliard, a local animal rights activist, claims in a formal complaint with local law enforcement that the birds were “terrorized” by the pilot and that state animal cruelty laws had been violated.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/news/nation-world/article179255816.html#storylink=cpy

[bdtrppr6]

1. the pilot went "boogity boogity"

to the birds, "terrorizing" them. then he threw them out of a plane.

which they loved cuz they had always been told they couldn't fly.

[democratisphere]

2. This is definitely animal cruelty because the turkeys were not provided

with parachutes.

[Merlot]

8. They threw a turkey out of an airplain to it's death.

But that's not cruel?

[peequod]

3. A bit of a rant...

This may seem like a joke article to some, but my question is this: what sick f*cks get their jollies off of throwing limited flight birds out of a plane to their, often, deaths? I’m sure many see Turkeys as especially dumb and therefore—unscientifically—incapable of feeling terror or pain, but if they’re going to eat Turkeys, I hope the good people of Yellville, Arkansas can agree amongst themselves not to terrorize the birds before killing them and end this cruel practice. According to a Wapo article, a local newspaper editor suggested tossing frozen butterball turkeys from a plane on the crowd; in that case, these Thanksgiving thrill seekers might just get their own little taste of terror.

[Merlot]

7. Agreed! I don't think throwing a living animal that can't fly

out of an airplane is funny.

Frozen butterballs indeed!

ps much as I loved WKRP, the humor in that turkey scene escapes me.

[Canoe52]

4. As god is my witness I thought turkeys could fly!

[Mike Niendorff]

5. At risk of being off-point ...

... yeah, the same clip came to mind. I'm clearly a very bad person on some level

MDN

[CincyDem]

6. Most iconic TV line from that era ?

"As God as my witness, I thought turkeys could fly".

I know I'm biased by location but seriously, is there a more memorable line from a 70's/80's TV show. I'm not talking about signature character lines that were used repeatedly, (ex. Dyne-O-Mite or "Who loves ya, baby?&quot but lines that were only used once and have been seared into our collective memories ?