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Michael Olson

Are you buying bigger turkeys for Thanksgiving?

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Turkey Comparison
A turkey comparison. Via Mother Jones

"Thanksgiving turkeys are one of America's oldest holiday traditions. But with their giant size, stooped frame, and limited mobility, today's birds bear little resemblance to their early counterparts," writes Kiera Butler for Mother Jones. "So how did we end up with these modern megabirds? According to Suzanne McMillan, senior director of the farm animal welfare campaign of the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, it wasn't by accident."

Today's Question: Are you buying bigger turkeys for Thanksgiving?