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Monday, March 15, 2010
Nuisance Wild Turkeys Relocated From Eastern N.M.
Associated Press
SAN MARCIAL — Wild turkeys that were causing problems on a farm near Tucumcari in eastern New Mexico have been trapped and removed to a new home.
The 71 troublesome turkeys were recently moved to the Rio Grande Valley in the central part of the state.
The state Game and Fish Department said the Rio Grande subspecies turkeys will join existing flocks near San Marcial.
Game and Fish biologists inspected the birds after they were trapped.
The turkeys then were put in individual transport boxes and loaded on a trailer donated by the National Wild Turkey Federation.
New Mexico has three native subspecies of wild turkey — Merriam's, Rio Grande and Gould's.
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