Not on the menu,
she stands alone in protest —
a wooden turkey.
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February might seem a strange time to write a protest haiku about turkey welfare, but Christmas and Thanksgiving aren’t the only times people eat the meat from these birds. As I post this haiku, there are billions of turkeys undergoing the torture of factory farming. This happens 365 days a year.
Below are some links to “Compassion in World Farming” and “mscpa angell” — organisations which expose the horrors of this industry and look at ways to improve animal welfare.
http://www.ciwf.org.uk/news/turkey_farming/turkey_farming_in_the_uk.aspx
http://www.ciwf.org.uk/news/turkey_farming/christmas_turkeys.aspx
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