PARK TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — The Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office is investigating after a Holland-area family said a wild turkey was beaten to death near their home.
Beloved by many in the Waukazoo Woods neighborhood in Park Township, the bird was affectionately named Token and Mr. Gobbles.
Authorities say a woman reported Mr. Gobbles was killed July 4 near Waukazoo and Edgewood drives by a group of teens. Almost a week later, passersby can still see hundreds of feathers scattered across the curb.
“One young lady was in a car and she was running it over and then there was a young man with a golf club beating it, another one with a metal pole,” described Quelan Engels, whose daughter witnessed the attack.
Engels said there was one more teen who was using what appeared to be a pellet gun.
“It’s very unusual to have that in this neighborhood,” Engels added.
Engels says she called the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office, which has opened an animal cruelty case. Anyone with additional information on the alleged turkey attack is asked to call the Ottawa County Sheriff’s Office at 616.738.4000.
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