Twelve-year-old Gifford Sullivan was asked to raise a turkey for his family\u2019s Thanksgiving dinner and \u2026 his turkey became a pet. Because of California Health Insurance agent Matt Lockard, the disaster that ensued was not made infinitely worse.<\/p>\n
Gifford loved his turkey. No, literally. Gifford loved his turkey. A Sullivan family tradition was to have the eldest child raise a wild turkey that would, at the appointed time, a few days prior to Thanksgiving, be sacrificed as the family\u2019s dinner. \u201cDon\u2019t get too attached to that turkey, Giff,\u201d his mom tried to tell him, but such an admonition was useless. The animal-loving twelve-year-old had come to consider Isabelle (yes, the boy had already secretly named the hen turkey purchased to be slaughtered) a member of their family and a cherished pet. Every morning before school he\u2019d gone into the turkey\u2019s pen in the backyard of the Sullivan\u2019s Oxnard home to feed, clean (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Twelve-year-old Gifford Sullivan was asked to raise a turkey for his family\u2019s Thanksgiving dinner and \u2026 his turkey became a pet. Because of California Health Insurance agent Matt Lockard, the disaster that ensued was not made infinitely worse. Gifford loved…<\/span><\/p>\n