How 17 wild turkeys took over Vermont | BBC Global

By 1850, the US state of Vermont's wild turkeys were extinct due to deforestation and hunting.

Early 20th-century attempts to reintroduce farm-raised turkeys failed, but in the 1960s, wildlife biologists successfully reintroduced 17 wild turkeys from New York.

Today, Vermont boasts a thriving population of 45,000 wild turkeys.

Wildlife Department officer John Hall, who was involved in the project, tells us the story.

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