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Stop Dropping Live Turkeys From Airplanes ! PLEASE SIGN ! !
Animals  (tags: animals, AnimalWelfare, environment, suffering, protection, cruelty )

Cher
- 276 days ago - thepetitionsite.com
In early October, the city of Yellville holds its annual Turkey Trot Festival, during which wild turkeys are hurled from private planes traveling around 70 miles per hour at altitudes of approximately 1,000 feet as part of the "Turkey Drop" tradition
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Judy B. (93)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 7:51 am
Signed, thanks.
 

Abbe A. (109)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 7:55 am
signed
 

aj E. (94)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 8:26 am
done.
 

Betty G. (588)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 9:18 am
Thanks Cher. I signed! This is not just cruelty -- it's insanity!
 

tasunka m. (324)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 11:04 am
Betty,exactly what I thought after I finished laughing thinking it was a stupid joke.
SO CRAZY,ABSOLUTELY SIGNED.
 

Kay M. (301)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 11:06 am
done.
 

Gysele van Santen (131)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 11:25 am
signed, thnx.
 

Constance F. (259)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 11:56 am
Sickening! ! ! Signed, and email sent to Mayor Lane at clerk@yellville.net , mayor@yellville.net
 

Past Member (0)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 12:23 pm
Signed and noted. Thanx Cher.
 

Lisa Neste (527)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 12:31 pm
Lisa, You signed on August 19, 2012.
Your signature has been delivered to:
The Honorable Shawn Lane, Mayor of the City of Yellville Arkanas
 

Emily Drew (88)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 1:15 pm
Signed and noted thank you!
 

Milkah Savage (292)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 1:29 pm
My signature has been recorded so I couldn't sign again. Trukry drop ? Really ...what idiots these people are.
 

Beverly M. (39)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 2:06 pm
Noted and signed ~ thank you Cher!
 

Bartlomiej T. (243)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 2:22 pm
Signed and noted!
 

Elizabeth O. (74)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 2:25 pm
Signed.
 

Cheryl B. (67)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 2:41 pm
signed and noted
 

Cheryl B. (67)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 2:41 pm
signed and noted
 

Elaine A. (159)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 2:52 pm
S & N! This is the epitome of stupid human tricks is all I can say!
 

Marlene Patino (129)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 2:55 pm
SIGNED AND NOTED MY FRIEND!!!!!
 

Gran Pat (330)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 4:04 pm
TY, Cher. Done.!!
 

Jene B. (8)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 4:22 pm
Signed!
 

Erin R. (125)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 5:25 pm
signed
 

Rock H. (262)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 5:25 pm
Signed and noted. Thanks Cher!
 

Valentina R. (4)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 5:50 pm
This is beyond crazy. Signed with anger.
 

Sarah G. (101)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 6:18 pm
signed, thanks. This is just idiotic.
 

Nyack Clancy (1667)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 6:24 pm
Noted and signed- thank you Cher
 

Alison A. (185)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 6:47 pm
Signed and noted, thanks Cher.
 

Harshiita Sharma (116)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 7:04 pm
done
 

Shirley S. (121)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 7:11 pm
done
 

Mary away T. (189)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 8:07 pm
Signed and shared, Thanks Cher.
 

samantha l (0)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 8:58 pm
Signed!
 

Michael H. (200)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 9:08 pm
Signed thank you
 

LMj Mallory (89)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 9:27 pm
TY
 

Marie Eve L. (47)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 9:32 pm
There is not a single person intelligent enough to stop this!?!?!?
Signed and noted!!
 

Marie W. (49)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 10:42 pm
Absolute BS signed
 

Dea V. (1)
Sunday August 19, 2012, 11:19 pm
n&s
 

Leslene Dunn (37)
Monday August 20, 2012, 12:42 am
Signed and noted - what sort of humans would regard this as entertainment - ones that should be shot on sight.
 

Andrea Nemec (193)
Monday August 20, 2012, 1:03 am
Noted and signed! Thanks!
 

richa blueakasha (69)
Monday August 20, 2012, 1:16 am
Signed

what the hell...
 

Lizette 'Johnstone' Ord (3)
Monday August 20, 2012, 1:34 am
Are people getting more and more cruel, how about the ones that organise this are thrown out of a plane sans parachutes, now that would be fun.
 

Birgitta S. (151)
Monday August 20, 2012, 2:43 am
signed - TY
 

Danuta Watola (956)
Monday August 20, 2012, 3:18 am
noted
 

Susan Griffiths (25)
Monday August 20, 2012, 3:29 am
Is there no limit to the sick ways humans can devise to torture animals for our fun, thrills and amusement?
 

Veronique L. (170)
Monday August 20, 2012, 3:57 am
This is insane... Signed!
 

Unnikrishnan Sasidharan (32)
Monday August 20, 2012, 4:06 am
S+N
 

Jena Lam (49)
Monday August 20, 2012, 5:01 am
signed & noted
 

Donna B. (37)
Monday August 20, 2012, 6:12 am
This is so stupid and cruel! Signed and noted. Thx Cher.
 

Maria S. (59)
Monday August 20, 2012, 6:28 am
Noted & signed. Thanks.
 

Olivia S. (151)
Monday August 20, 2012, 6:36 am
I guess my first comment went into a black hole again. Signed, thanks Cher. This reminds me of an episode on the old TV show "WKRP"...when as a promo stunt for the radio station they decided to drop turkeys from a plane before Thanksgiving. But idiots that they were, they dropped frozen turkeys. Still sick, but at least the poor turkeys were already dead.
 

John S. (232)
Monday August 20, 2012, 7:05 am
Signed and noted.
 

Donna Hamilton (79)
Monday August 20, 2012, 8:37 am
Noted and signed. Thanks.
 

Allan Yorkowitz (186)
Monday August 20, 2012, 9:15 am
As I commented, this is one of the sickest things I have ever read. The people who are capable of doing this are the same ones that are capable of abusing any other animal.
 

Doug M. (0)
Monday August 20, 2012, 9:17 am
I've signed so many petitions to stop such blatant cruelty in "other less civilized countries"
of this world, now our own Arkansas (Yellville) is amongst them!!!!! Sick,disgusting, stupid people of this world!!!!
 

Holly Schaeffer (23)
Monday August 20, 2012, 9:29 am
Signed
 

Sam T. (152)
Monday August 20, 2012, 9:53 am
Signed and noted!!! Thanks so much Cher for making the world a little better and help us make the world a little better too! :)
 

Elaine A. (159)
Monday August 20, 2012, 10:11 am
S & N! Stop this insanity! what the heck do they think is suppose to happen...Do they think these Turkeys are going to land on their feet...Sheesh and these idiots are supposed to be scientists I say lets toss them out of aircraft and see what happens. Can you say "SPLAT"!
 

Darla Taylor (63)
Monday August 20, 2012, 10:32 am
Noted and already signed. This is just horrific and hard to believe that people actually do this. This is not entertainment it is sheer, unadulterated abuse.
 

Thomas H. (0)
Monday August 20, 2012, 11:02 am
Why? I don't even get it. It's stupid and... seriously, why? Signed and Noted.
 

Sandi C. (154)
Monday August 20, 2012, 11:15 am
signed. how stupid & cruel can you get!
 

Past Member (0)
Monday August 20, 2012, 11:56 am
noted & signed, thank you!
 

Armand B. (88)
Monday August 20, 2012, 12:33 pm
signed, TU Cher
 

S. N. (24)
Monday August 20, 2012, 12:40 pm
WTH?!? WHERE are the Animal Welfare employees, paid by the government to PROTECT animals?!? Oh, probably up there tossing the turkeys out!! FIRE 'EM ALL and give them LONG PRISON TERMS not only for animal cruelty, but also for abusing and wasting taxpayer money on their sick amusement!!
 

Michele Wilkinson (106)
Monday August 20, 2012, 12:59 pm
Noted and signed.
Thanks
 

Mandi Rose (201)
Monday August 20, 2012, 2:56 pm
This is murder in the name of "tradition" what an idiotic community of people. Thank you
 

Gloria picchetti (205)
Monday August 20, 2012, 4:39 pm
Signed. I think I have heard it all now. Poor turkeys.
 

Carol H. (215)
Monday August 20, 2012, 5:07 pm
signed and noted
 

Joe R. (161)
Monday August 20, 2012, 7:40 pm
Done,
 

Monica D. (559)
Monday August 20, 2012, 8:15 pm
Signed.
 

Christine Stewart (104)
Monday August 20, 2012, 8:23 pm
Terrible. I am sure the promoters of this farce claim that "the turkeys can fly"- well, how about I kick you out of a car going 70 mph- you can run, can'tcha?!
 

Sara W. (100)
Monday August 20, 2012, 10:24 pm
Gladly signed. It always amazes me just how ignorant and stupid people can be.
 

Veronica C. (42)
Monday August 20, 2012, 10:56 pm
This makes no sense at all. And just because your great grandfather did it doesn't mean it's okay for you to continue killing these animals.
 

Anna M. (18)
Tuesday August 21, 2012, 3:24 am
Did some research on this.... PETA and the FAA stepped in.....this practice was stopped 10 months ago.
 

Aroadtrip Warud (112)
Tuesday August 21, 2012, 4:11 am
Signed,TY Cher.
 

Jen S. (118)
Wednesday August 22, 2012, 2:45 pm
Wow, a city with a tradition of MORONS TORTURING animals...that's quite a tradition. I think my neck hurts from shaking my head of all the ridiculous, disgusting ways people think of to torture animals. Hard to be a part of this world some days!
 

Victoria P. (177)
Thursday August 23, 2012, 12:58 am
Signed!
 

Marlene Dinkins (200)
Friday August 24, 2012, 2:47 pm
signed and noted thnx
 

Amy E. (57)
Friday August 24, 2012, 3:11 pm
n/s
 

Juliette Claparede (31)
Friday August 24, 2012, 4:00 pm
N/S !
 

Stuart Thomas (437)
Friday August 24, 2012, 5:24 pm
What a disgraceful and cruel practice for that city!!
Noted, signed, and submitted with my additional comment.

Thank you Cher.
 

Stella Nobrega-Garcia (4)
Friday August 24, 2012, 5:59 pm
Signed and noted.
 

Rin S. (10)
Friday August 24, 2012, 6:22 pm
Signed and noted. This needs to stop. It is a disgusting act of animal cruelty.
 

Marianne B. (77)
Friday August 24, 2012, 7:45 pm
Gladly signed and commented. I do not believe murder of a voiceless bird can be called a tradition.
 

Laurie S. (33)
Friday August 24, 2012, 9:12 pm
Done!
 

janet f. (26)
Friday August 24, 2012, 10:46 pm
WTF? Why do we allow this to happen in the US and call it a "festival"? This is inhumane and just plain sick. Why aren't the normal people in Arkansas stopping this?
 

Pam B. (32)
Saturday August 25, 2012, 1:29 am
N & S and commented on.....
 

Ira M. (203)
Saturday August 25, 2012, 2:52 am
Signed and noted, thank you!
 

Sarah Mumford (0)
Saturday August 25, 2012, 3:42 am
Oi! You private plane owners, STOP increasing Shell, BP etc profits by this stupid, mindless tradition. We more intelligent, may come and find you with anger when fossil fuels and greed have degraded further our world.
 

Yvonne F. (91)
Saturday August 25, 2012, 8:24 am
Signed!!! How cruel! What idiot came up with this horrific idea? Thanks Cher
 

Jane B. (23)
Sunday August 26, 2012, 1:21 pm
Signed and shared thanks. I can't believe this is still going on - I read about it years ago.
 

Amber Beasley (20)
Saturday September 1, 2012, 5:34 pm
signed and noted - this is ridiculous!
 

Sheri D. (0)
Sunday September 2, 2012, 4:57 pm
signed and noted
 

Sergio Padilla (50)
Monday September 3, 2012, 9:46 am
done
 

Michele Mercer (15)
Monday September 3, 2012, 11:11 am
appalling
 

Shaheen N. (38)
Monday September 3, 2012, 1:25 pm
Noted & signed, thanks Cher.
 

alicia m. (95)
Tuesday September 4, 2012, 12:03 am
noted, signed, gracias
 

Alitis Geraldine (15)
Friday September 7, 2012, 11:13 am
signed
 
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