Record #:

7845

Author(s):

Hill, Angela Dorman

Abstract:

The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission restocks and relocates wild turkeys to suitable habitats. These activities have brought the state's wild turkey population to a forty-year-high. Several counties recently reported the finding of pen-raised turkeys in their fields and woodlands. Release of pen-raised birds can spread disease to the wild stock as well as weaken their ability to survive in the wild by interbreeding.

Source:

Wildlife in North Carolina (NoCar SK 431 W54x), Vol. 55 Issue 2, Feb 1991, p30, il

Subject(s):

Wild turkeys