Wild Turkey Taken From South Jersey Wawa To Delaware Refuge: Cops

PALMYRA, NJ - A wild turkey that was roaming the parking lot of a South Jersey Wawa has been captured by a Delaware wildlife refuge and taken to another state, police said on Tuesday.

The refuge was contacted by a Palmyra citizen, and police are urging residents not to take actions like that into their own hands.

The Palmyra Police Department said it received numerous calls from residents that the wild turkey was taken from the Wawa on Saturday.

During the ensuing investigation, police learned that a citizen had contacted a Delaware-based wildlife refuge. Representatives from that refuge came to Palmyra and took the turkey back to Delaware, police said.

Police then contacted the New Jersey Division of Fish and Wildlife, who said that although the law was broken in this situation, it wouldn’t take action because it is “comfortable that the turkey is now relocated to a wildlife refuge.”

“We need to remind everyone that we do have wild turkeys that roam our town,” police said. “These animals are considered game animals and as such they are protected. Also, the Wawa parking lot is not the best place for them to be living due to the constant vehicular and foot traffic. Feeding them only gave them more reason not to leave there.”

Image via the Palmyra Police Department.