EKB News

As part of an eight month statewide investigation known as Operation Toxic Turkey, nine people living from Pikeville to Murray were summoned Saturday for illegal turkey trafficking. In Kentucky, it is illegal for the general public to have wild turkeys, and fish and wildlife officials say the birds were imported from a New Mexico hatchery which did not have a permit to sell live turkeys. Those served Saturday have been charged with 421 counts of illegally importing, owning or selling wild turkeys. Fifteen wild turkeys and 25 wild turkey eggs were seized.