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White House Turkey Pardon Set for Tuesday

VOA News

   For now, Corn and Cob are living in luxury in Washington's Willard
   Intercontinental Hotel, but on Tuesday, at a Rose Garden event, only
   one of the turkeys will receive a presidential pardon ahead of
   Thursday's Thanksgiving holiday.

   The broad-breasted white turkeys, which are bred and fed for size, were
   raised by Ron Kardel, National Turkey Federation chairman and a
   sixth-generation turkey, corn and soybean farmer from Walcott, Iowa.

   According to the White House website, Corn, whose favorite snack is
   sweet corn, was hatched on July 20, 2020 and weighs just over 19
   kilograms. Cob, whose favorite food is soybeans, was hatched on the
   same day and weighs just over 18.5 kilos.

   As has been the case since 1947, the two were introduced to the public
   Nov. 23 in a hotel event.

   The White House is running an [1]online pollfor people to choose which
   bird to pardon.

References

   1. https://whitehouse.typeform.com/to/mgz5WYoA

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