Jezebel: Turkeys

Officials Raid Turkey Semen Farm To Investigate Animal Cruelty

Anna North — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 19:00:00 EST

Shockingly, a "turkey semen collection facility" is not the kind of place you want to be — especially if you're a turkey. A North Carolina semen-farm owned by Butterball was raided today after hidden-camera video taken by the animal rights group Mercy for Animals showed workers kicking, stomping, and dragging the birds. The investigation is apparently ongoing, but Butterball has released a statement saying it "takes these allegations very seriously and fully supports the efforts being made on the part of officials. Butterball has a zero tolerance policy for any mistreatment of our birds or the failure to immediately report mistreatment of our birds by any associates." Mercy for Animals, on the other hand, says, "Butterball's secret ingredient is egregious animal cruelty and neglect." More »

Obama Pardons Set Of Turkeys Named 'Liberty' And 'Peace'

Whitney Jefferson — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 12:40:00 EST

"Some of you may know that recently I've been taking a series of executive actions that don't require congressional approval," quipped our President during his speech before he pardoned two Minnesotan turkeys named Peace and Liberty earlier this morning. Sasha and Malia were on hand for the festive pardoning as well, and, whoa, can we talk about how much they've both grown up since we last saw them? Malia looks to be almost as tall as her Presidential pop. More »

Sunday Night Sign-Off

Cassie Murdoch — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 19:00:00 EST

Someone Stole My Turkey Friend

Dana Zemack — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:20:00 EST

Dana Zemack has been making stick figure comics since she was 12. This week, she made one just for us. More »

Weird Science Has Ruined Turkey Sex Lives

Sadie Stein — Wed, 24 Nov 2010 17:20:00 EST

"The Broad-Breasted White really is broad-breasted, so much so that it no longer easily can breed naturally. 'They're anatomically such that you can't get things to match up,' Miller Hays says delicately." Result? Artificial insemination. Happy Thanksgiving! [Shutterstock] More »

Gang of Rogue Turkeys Terrorize Staten Island

Erin Gloria Ryan — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 11:15:00 EST

Feather covered thugs are throwing their weight around in the New York City borough. What can be done to stop the gobbling menace? More »

Stick A Fork In It

Anna Holmes — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 19:45:00 EST

...if you're a meat-eater that is. Consider this an open thread for your commenting enjoyment until the next one, going up on Friday evening. Happy holiday to all. More »

Food For Thought

Anna Holmes — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:10:00 EST

[Washington, D.C., November 25. Image via Getty]

Martha On Sarah Palin: "Especially Gruesome"

Jessica G. — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 16:40:00 EST

So last week Sarah Palin pardoned a turkey and then did an interview in front of a dude slaughtering a bunch of other turkeys and everyone pointed and laughed, as folks are wont to do when Sarah Palin is on the YouTube. Anyway! Keith Olbermann was on Martha Stewart today and they discussed Palin's latest gaffe. Martha called it "especially gruesome." Keith, on the other hand, continues to be tickled by Palin. "I'm donating as much money as I can to her campaign just so I can keep her in my newscast," Olbermann admitted. She's the pundit gift that keeps on giving! Clip above. More »

Happy Holidays, Sarah Palin: Animal Rights Are In The News

Anna North — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 14:20:00 EST

When you're a failed VP candidate trying to look like a competent governor while also shoring up your potential presidential ambitions, it's essential to orchestrate some good holiday photo ops. Like maybe adorably pardoning a turkey — and then blithely answering questions while more turkeys get slaughtered directly behind you. (Wonder what the writer of her nasty RNC speech, vegetarian and animal rights-author Matthew Scully, has to say?) Well, Sarah Palin picked an especially bad year to pose with the birds. Between California's new rules for farm animals and disturbing revelations about turkey farms and puppy mills, animal rights are on everyone's lips — even if meat is on them too. More »

Look Who's Talking: Cellphone Snoops, The SecState, And Sarah Palin's Poultry Pardon

Megan Carpentier — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:00:00 EST

You know we've all done it — snooped on a romantic interest. He just left his cell phone lying there and you peeked at his text messages. Or he left his email running on your computer and you couldn't help but have a tiny peek at what he's been saying and who he's been saying it to. So it probably comes as no surprise that someone did the same thing to his or her crush object, Barack Obama. The Daily Beast's Ana Marie Cox and I disagree over snooping ethics, why Attorney General Mukasey collapsed, Obama and Hillary, and turkey slaughter. After the jump. More »

Sarah Palin Is No More A Real American Than Any Of Us Elitists

Megan Carpentier — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 10:00:00 EDT

Sarah Palin, in an effort to retain what little Real American Hockey Mom legitimacy she has left after her $150,000 makeover was revealed, has taken to wearing her own clothes on the campaign trail. Even as Todd gets to keep wearing his suits, she's stuck in jeans — though, with that crease, she either just bought them or irons them, so it's harder to be a Real American than even she thought. Racialicious' Latoya Peterson knows a little about how difficult it is to be considered a Real American, and, as part of the next week of pre-election rotating Crappy coverage, she talked with me about Republican strategists left strategy-less, divas, backstabbing, D.L. Hughley for VP, where to go if Real Americans really don't want us and voter disenfranchisement (for when they prove that they don't). More »