The FAA Cant Stop People From Throwing Live Turkeys Out Of Planes

[babylonsister]

https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/faa-turkey-drop-yellville-arkansas_us_5a10bc35e4b0e97dffedcbdb?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009

GREEN 11/18/2017 07:28 pm ET
The FAA Can’t Stop People From Throwing Live Turkeys Out Of Planes
That means it can’t curtail the annual “turkey drop” in Yellville, Arkansas.
By Hilary Hanson


An Arkansas event involving live turkeys being dropped from planes has long been criticized by animal lovers.

The Federal Aviation Administration has found no violations with an infamous Arkansas event that involves dropping live turkeys from a plane ― but that may be because no one ever thought they’d need a rule about that.

“FAA regulations do not specifically prohibit dropping live animals from aircraft, possibly because the authors of the regulation never anticipated that an explicit prohibition would be necessary,” an FAA spokesman told HuffPost in an email. “This does not mean we endorse the practice.”

The Associated Press and WREG reported last month that the FAA would be looking into possible laws or regulations broken during the annual Turkey Trot festival in Yellville, Arkansas. This year’s Turkey Trot took place on Oct. 14.

Though the fall festival includes many events, it’s best known for the “turkey drop,” in which live turkeys are dropped from a plane 500 feet in the air. Festivalgoers chase and catch the surviving turkeys. Last year, a dozen turkeys were dropped and two died on impact, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette.

This year, several turkeys were dropped and there were no apparent reports of turkey deaths.

Even if the turkeys survive, however, the noise of the plane and the drop itself would be terrifying, Yvonne Vizzier Thaxton, a poultry science professor, said last year.

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[uppityperson]

1. WKRP for real? This is appalling.

[elleng]

2. 'the authors of the regulation never anticipated.'

No sh*t, sherlock!

[PoliticAverse]

3. ...

[tonyt53]

5. Probably the funniest thing ever on TV - not the "dropping", but the entire episode.

[Merlot]

7. It's a mystery to me why people think this is funny

And I really loved WKRP. But why every years someone posts this as the funniest hting ever, I'm mystified.

oh well, flame away.

[GulfCoast66]

8. No flames

We all have a different sense of humor.

I also think it the funniest TV show I have ever seen.

Have a nice evening

[mainer]

4. WTF is wrong with our species???

Dropping live animals from airplanes?

Maybe if those same people were dropped without parachutes it would even things out.

[Snackshack]

6. Seriously?!?

Do they not have grocery stores in Yellville?

[FarCenter]

9. Dropping turkeys from a plane apparently last happened in 2015.

Turkeys Tossed From A Plane Once A Year (Gone)

https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/16921

Yellville resident Ralph B. reported in March 2014: "PETA finally got our harmless (unless you are a turkey) turkey drop stopped. I think they threatened to take the pilot's license if he or she threw turkeys out of a plane. I don't go to town during the festival anymore because the turkeys were the reason for going."

There were no drops 2012-2014, yet the bizarre tradition resumed in 2015. And then it finally, maybe, dropped into history for good.

The Miss Drumstick Beauty Contest may be worth a visit however.

Another memorable event at the Turkey Trot is the Miss Drumsticks beauty contest, in which the winners are chosen while their faces and upper bodies are hidden.