From Meat Eaters World News Headquarters in Bozeman, Montana, this is Cowell's Week in Review with Ryan Cal-Cal-A.

Here's Cal.

Police in the town of Brookline, Massachusetts, issued a warning to residents last week, advising

them to stay away from wild turkeys during mating season. Gobblers can get especially

frisky during their yearly mating rituals, and officers don't want locals accidentally

getting into a tussle with an offended Tom.

Most Americans don't have to worry about being jumped on by a 20-pound bird on their way to the

supermarket, but residents of Brookline do. The town hosts its own population of wild turkeys,

and if the city website is any indication, they're proud of it.

They used COVID relief money to install 10 turkey statues in a public art display

dubbed turkeys around town.

Catchy.

Each statue in the town's commercial district was given name that reflects the theme of the

artist who designed it, such as Edy the educator,

bird of harmony, and love is love is love.

Leaning into your town mascot is one thing, but I have a feeling Brookline PD would prefer the birds move somewhere else.

Attacks are a regular occurrence, and the department is constantly asking residents not

to feed the animals.

They even made national news when in 2017, they told residents that, quote,

wild turkeys have a pecking order and people who act fearfully will be treated as subordinates.

Being aggressive toward wild turkeys is recommended by state wildlife officials.

So the question, residents of Brookline have been asking, is do we erect statues in order to then kick them in the beak?

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