A wild turkey sows terror in a Washington park

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Unable to capture

A dozen people have already been taken care of urgently after being attacked, specifies the Wall Street Journal. They received antibiotics and a tetanus injection after being bitten and scratched by the wild beast, which can reach 15 km / h to chase its victims.

Informed, the city authorities first installed warning signs. Six agencies have since teamed up to capture the turkey and relocate it. In vain: the animal avoids all the traps and nets. Stuck on a bridge during a coordinated capture attempt, the turkey even jumped into the water of a river to evade authorities.

Once threatened with extinction, wild turkeys are now proliferating in the United States, says Slate. Its population is estimated at 7 million individuals, an increase which necessarily multiplies the attacks, especially during the breeding period, between March and May.

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