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For Immediate Release
RALEIGH, NC - 11/20/2018
Contact: Robert L. Ford,
rlford@ncpoultry.org
NC Governor Roy Cooper, along with his wife Kristin Cooper, pardoned two turkeys at the Executive Mansion just in time for the Thanksgiving Holiday.
NC Governor Roy Cooper, along with his wife Kristin Cooper, pardoned two turkeys at the Executive Mansion just in time for the Thanksgiving Holiday. "Caroline" & "Sir Walter" (pictured left to right with Butterball employees Molly Parker & Tim Howell) will go on to live out the rest of their lives at the Naylor Family Farm located in Fuquay-Varina, NC. (Picture courtesy of The News & Observer, November 19, 2018)
