European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 19, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday november 19,1988 adoptions keep turkeys off Holiday menu Newark . A thirty tur keys will spend thanksgiving Day gob bling instead of being gobbled because they have been adopted by families As pan of an animal rights group s adopt a Turkey program. Linny Miller of grail Meadows adopted two turkeys. Bell and Ethel fro the farm Sanctuary of Rockland oct. The two were treated to an Early thanks giving dinner of Sunflower seeds and other treat thursday at her family farm. We be adopted animals and contributed 1o the farm Sanctuary for a couple of years Miller said. This is our first actual adaption of turkeys. People tend to forget thai there arc badly abused and neglected farm Ani  she called her new turkeys wonder Ful. They re just Beautiful Birds. So we re thrilled with  the family Ulso has chickens ducks geese and a 600-Pound hog. Families in Maryland Ohio Dela Ware. Missouri and California also Are participating in the farm Sanctuary s third annual adoption drive by Wel coming live turkeys into their Homes. We do it to save the lives of a num Ber of turkeys said Blanche Kent the group s adoption coordinator. Instead of bringing a Turkey into their Home Ona plate we re asking them to bring them in on a Perch. We do it to educate the Public on the hazards of factory farming she said turkeys make extremely wonderful  they re very Friendly and sometimes they even jump into an owner s Lap she said. Farm Sanctuary said most of the 240 million turkeys bred for Slaughter inthe United Stales Are kept in unnatural and unhealthful conditions. The group said the Holiday Birds arc subject to stress heal prostration smother ing and diseases including sonic that can be transmitted to humans. Humans also sometimes ingest the antibiotics used i turkeys feed it said David Golden Borg the spokesman for the National Turkey federation said farm Sanctuary is misinformed about the Turkey Industry. The ultimate goal of these people is to stamp out meal production Gold Enburg said. They Nave nothing to lose by making All of these wild claims an leaving the Industry to defend  stateside yuppies Don t like puppies pick Low maintenance cats Chicago