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Wishbone’s Wish Comes
True!
A reprieve from becoming dinner...just in time!
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"Thanks to Brianna W., a gifted photographer, who we first met at the
Fall Pasado's tour.
She decided to offer her talents as a photographer, and we're so glad
she did! She spent a day at Pasado's, getting to know our residents
up-close and personal! Gobbles of thanks, Brianna!" |
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When
is the last time you spotted a “stray turkey”? Probably never.
But that was the report Pasado’s received from a local family when they
asked us to pick up the errant foul in their backyard. The more
likely story was that the friendly boy was purchased in Spring at a
local feed store, with the intention
of having a fresh bird for the holidays. Once sufficiently fattened, he
could be “dispatched” “sacrificed” or even the friendly sounding
“euthanized” and proudly served-up to friends and family. There is only
one problem (and the reason we answer a lot of these calls about "stray
turkeys" this time of year - every year!) - people get to know these
amazingly, personable creatures, and fall in love! They just CAN'T DO
IT!
For anyone with a heart (and a few kids in the family who are followed
everywhere by the new pet - truly, they're just like dogs), once you have spent time
caring for and feeding these wonderful creatures, the idea of
slaughtering them becomes an anathema.
In all likelihood,
Wishbone’s family probably could not face this inevitability and called
Pasado’s to step in.
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Left, Trypto, fluffs up as
he sees his new pal arriving! Behind him is the Pasado's turkey barn.
Once a turkey finds their way to Pasado's sanctuary, they're never in
fear of becoming dinner. In fact, they're treated with pumpkin pie on
Thanksgiving! We've learned every creature loves something sweet -
chickens, cows, pigs, goats sheep - dogs and cats. And turkeys are no
different. We honor these amazing creatures every Thanksgiving - it's
such a privilege to be able to work with (or for some of us, live with)
such intelligent, gentle beings.
"Thanks to Brianna W., a gifted photographer, who we first met at the
Fall Pasado's tour.
She decided to offer her talents as a photographer, and we're so glad
she did! She spent a day at Pasado's, getting to know our residents
up-close and personal! Gobbles of thanks, Brianna!" |
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Wishbone Meets Current
Pasado's Safe Haven Star Turkeys
Like Giblet - who may be copping some attitude...
Deon Grant, Seattle Seahawks Free Safety, chose one of Pasado's turkey
residents to pose for the first-ever NFL "pro-Compassion" Calendar!
Of
course these two handsome dudes are our November 2009 stars!
Read more about the calendar,
here! |
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Have you ever pet a turkey?
We never had, until our first rescue. And it was our first opportunity
to learn how curious, and loveable these animals are.
When we were building one
of our first barns, the crew got to know Ike & Tina Turkey, our first
two turkeys. Ike and Tina would follow the workmen everywhere. And, just
like all turkeys, they would come when they were called by name.
Then, one day, one of
the workers approached us to tell us that we didn't make working at
Pasado's sanctuary very easy. "Why?" we asked. "Because we can't bring
turkey sandwiches to work anymore!"
It was no surprise to
us. Once anyone with a heart gets to know turkeys, cows, chickens - any
animal seen as "meat" - it's too difficult to think of them dead, as
muscle on a plate.
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Read about Naddy...
one of Pasado's turkeys who
moved inside with us and became a member of the family once she could no
longer walk on her own.
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No doubt, many of you have
seen the now ubiquitous news video of Alaska GovernorSarah Palin
giving an interview to a reporter while turkeys are slaughtered in the
background, right next to a large pen of live turkeys awaiting the same
fate. For those of us in the animal welfare business, observing the
public’s reaction to these graphic images has been very telling. We
find ourselves asking the rhetorical question, “What did you think
happens to the turkeys raised for your food?” In fact, the methods used
on the turkeys in the video is tame in comparison to large agri-business
turkey farms that pump out more than 270 million birds for our dinner
tables each year.
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However, for a very lucky few, like Wishbone and Trypto, there is refuge
from an industry that sees them as units of production, or the
want-to-be farmers who think raising their own food sounds like fun
until they are faced with taking the life of a breathing being. Turkeys,
like all animals, suffer like you and me.
Visitors, right, can't believe how amazingly friendly turkeys are!
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The single most important
thing that you can do to help reduce the suffering of animals and to
improve the health of our environment is to adopt a vegetarian or vegan
diet. Today there are many wonderful and widely available
animal-free options to choose from, including the famous Tofurky!
Try the recipe below. It's a Pasado's perennial favorite.
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Remember, choose compassion, and go vegan!
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Looking for
compassion gifts for the holiday?
Check out the
Pasado's NFL Pro Compassion Calendar
Featuring Pasado's Own Giblet and Seattle Seahawk's Dion Grant!
Happy Holidays!
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Roast
Tofurky baked with Caramelized Onion and Cherry Relish
2
tablespoons olive oil
1 large onion, sliced very thin
1 cup dried sour cherries
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 teaspoons dijon mustard
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
4 tablespoons apple cider
1 Tofurky roast
Preheat
oven to 350 degrees.
In a large
skillet, heat olive oil on medium heat. Add onion,
cherries, brown sugar and vinegar and cook, stirring
occasionally, until onions are soft. Stir in mustard and
apple cider, and simmer for two more minutes.
Place
Tofurky roast on sheet of heavy-duty aluminum foil, and
spread with the onion mixture. Wrap roast snugly with
the foil. Place in roasting pan, and place on center
rack of oven. Bake for 45 minutes. Uncover roast for
last 10 minutes of baking.
Slice
roast, and serve with some of the pan juices spooned
over it.
*Can be served with Tofurky Giblet & Mushroom Gravy
drizzled over it also. |
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