Runaway turkey is saved from the oven
Dec 22 2007 by Staff Reporter, Liverpool Daily Post
A TURKEY escaped the Christmas dinner table after it was found roaming the streets of Lancashire town.
The bizarre bid for freedom took place yesterday afternoon when the all white bird was discovered being chased on Sephton Drive in Ormskirk by children.
The RSPCA were called at 1pm yesterday and the bird, now nicknamed Tracey, (w00t) :blink: was eventually rescued from a back garden half an hour later.
RSPCA collection officer Matthew Brown said he had checked with a nearby farmer to see if the turkey was his, but the farmer explained all his birds had been accounted for and did not know how the bird came into the area.
Mr Brown, 24, said: “I got a call to say some kids were hitting the turkey with sticks. :rant: They were running after it up the street. That was a shame to hear that.
“It was an all white bird. I thought it was the turkey from Christmas past. I have never heard anything like this happening before. It’s bizarre.
“I went in search of an owner but I just couldn’t find one.
“At first everyone was laughing because they thought it was a joke, even though I took it seriously. I told my mum about it and she said for me to call it Tracey.
“Tracey was in very good health when I caught her and it was clearly being fattened up for Christmas. So it has escaped being killed to eat this year.
“When I caught it was quite tame. I just grabbed hold of it very easily and then put her in the van. It was just so funny because it was so ludicrous.”
If someone is to claim the bird, they will have to prove that she belongs to them, Mr Brown explained.
Mr Brown, from Crosby, took Tracey to the vet for a check up and then on to Halewood RSPCAs kennel in Liverpool.
The animal charity says it will now be trying to find Tracey a new home where she can live out her life without the threat of being killed to be eaten.
The story follows a similar bid for freedom by a pig which was discovered wandering the streets of Halewood’s Norley Wood housing estate earlier this week.
Evading capture for well over an hour, RSPCA animal collection officer Derek Hampson finally brought home the bacon when he wrestled it to the ground after grabbing it by the hind legs.
Once caught, the sow was found to be in good condition and was transferred to a private farm nearby to rest and recover from her ordeal.
Dec 22 2007 by Staff Reporter, Liverpool Daily Post
A TURKEY escaped the Christmas dinner table after it was found roaming the streets of Lancashire town.
The bizarre bid for freedom took place yesterday afternoon when the all white bird was discovered being chased on Sephton Drive in Ormskirk by children.
The RSPCA were called at 1pm yesterday and the bird, now nicknamed Tracey, (w00t) :blink: was eventually rescued from a back garden half an hour later.
RSPCA collection officer Matthew Brown said he had checked with a nearby farmer to see if the turkey was his, but the farmer explained all his birds had been accounted for and did not know how the bird came into the area.
Mr Brown, 24, said: “I got a call to say some kids were hitting the turkey with sticks. :rant: They were running after it up the street. That was a shame to hear that.
“It was an all white bird. I thought it was the turkey from Christmas past. I have never heard anything like this happening before. It’s bizarre.
“I went in search of an owner but I just couldn’t find one.
“At first everyone was laughing because they thought it was a joke, even though I took it seriously. I told my mum about it and she said for me to call it Tracey.
“Tracey was in very good health when I caught her and it was clearly being fattened up for Christmas. So it has escaped being killed to eat this year.
“When I caught it was quite tame. I just grabbed hold of it very easily and then put her in the van. It was just so funny because it was so ludicrous.”
If someone is to claim the bird, they will have to prove that she belongs to them, Mr Brown explained.
Mr Brown, from Crosby, took Tracey to the vet for a check up and then on to Halewood RSPCAs kennel in Liverpool.
The animal charity says it will now be trying to find Tracey a new home where she can live out her life without the threat of being killed to be eaten.
The story follows a similar bid for freedom by a pig which was discovered wandering the streets of Halewood’s Norley Wood housing estate earlier this week.
Evading capture for well over an hour, RSPCA animal collection officer Derek Hampson finally brought home the bacon when he wrestled it to the ground after grabbing it by the hind legs.
Once caught, the sow was found to be in good condition and was transferred to a private farm nearby to rest and recover from her ordeal.
