Hmmm,
Turkeys are as "dumb as a box of rocks"? Now, I've never turkey hunted in my life, but I've watched quite a few turkey hunts on TV, and I've talked to more than one turkey hunter who came home empty-handed after giving it his best. Where does that place a hunter who doesn't have what it takes to outsmart this bird?
Yes, I know, we're talking about farm raised birds, but if these birds had matured in the wild, they'd be pretty smart too. I think Benjamin Franklin would have disagreed with the assertion that turkeys are stupid. Guess it's a good thing that his suggestion of making the turkey our national bird was beaten.
To me, no livingthing should have to endure torture, especially when it's inflicted for the enjoyment of another species.