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Turkey Survives Colorado’s Cameron Peak Fire
Wildlife officials in northern Colorado on Monday shared a reminder to everyone that it's important not to feed wildlife.
By Jesse Sarles
October 26, 2020
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RUSTIC, Colo. (CBS4) – Wildlife officials in northern Colorado on Monday shared a reminder to everyone that it’s important not to feed wildlife. The latest example of this came last Friday when a turkey that apparently survived the Cameron Peak Fire came out of the woods and got very close to a wildlife officer.
It happened on Highway 14 in the town of Rustic, and the officer captured video of the turkey showing no signs that it was afraid of the human.
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“It first appeared to be a bird in distress from the fire, but as time went on that opinion changed. … The turkey was in really good body condition — made it through the fire fortunately. What became obvious was that it is a domesticated bird being fed by people. This is not natural behavior,” wrote officials from Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s northeast region in a tweet.
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