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Happy Thanksgiving, humans!

By Gersh Kuntzman
The Brooklyn Paper
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Wildlife Conservation Society / Suzanne Bolduc
Pardon me? Meat, er, we mean meet Deborah and Madame, two bourbon red turkeys who showed up at the Prospect Park Zoo days before Thanksgiving and, as such, are off-limits to would-be carnivores. The pair of birds was saved from a local turkey farm.

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At least two turkeys have reason to be thankful this Thanskgiving — not only are they alive, but they’re kicking!

Meat — er, we meant to say meet — Deborah and Madame, two bourbon red turkeys who are now on display at the Prospect Park Zoo, thanks to the Wildlife Conservation Society, which saved them from an upstate farm just before they would have gone on display on someone’s table.

And what’s even better than not being sacrificed on America’s Thanksgiving altar? Deborah and Madame are now housed with Franklin, the zoo’s male turkey. That old fool tom never had it so good! Zookeepers told The Brooklyn Paper that he’s strutting his stuff all around the turkey pen, showing off for his new roommates, a precursor to, as we say in the newspaper business, starting a family.

But who will be the lucky hen? Head for the zoo (open every day!) and find out.

Prospect Park Zoo [450 Flatbush Ave., just north of at Empire Boulevard, (718) 399-7339]. Open 10 am–4:30 pm. Adults, $6; kids over 3, $2.

©2008 The Brooklyn Paper

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