Aggressive turkeys continue to be a nuisance in Milwaukee suburbs

GLENDALE, Wis. — Turkeys proceed to be a nuisance for some in Milwaukee space suburbs.

Practically each day, Kayla Hebert sees turkeys roaming within the Crestwood subdivision in Glendale.

“I name them the ‘Turkey Mafia’. They run down the poor mail girl on a regular basis or anybody who’s strolling,” Hebert stated.

Hebert defined they’ve additionally been recognized to climb the timber and peck at automobiles. She has even taken video of them.

“We moved in about virtually 10 years now and I assumed they had been actually cute after they had been child turkeys however there was 4 or 5 of them, however now there may be 12 or so,” stated Hebert.

The Glendale Police Division stated they’ve obtained a few calls about aggressive turkeys and can proceed to observe the scenario to see if motion must be taken.

Within the meantime, Martin Triplett has taken defending his garden into his personal fingers. He defined he’s masking his garden to stop the turkeys from tearing it up.

“I’ve a giant stick that I soak up with me and so they stand there with the wings out like this. I say, ‘shoo.’ He stands his head up and begins strolling in direction of me and I inform my little canine, ‘come on, let’s go in the home.’ They’re horrible,” stated Hebert.

Hebert identified the turkeys aren’t afraid of anybody.

“I don’t know when you may re-home them,” Hebert stated. “I believe some folks within the neighborhood feed them, which is a part of the difficulty. They get reliant on the meals being there. I don’t know what to do about them. They’re simply imply.”

The aggressiveness of the turkeys in her neighborhood is simply part of life that Hebert has realized to just accept and hopes it doesn’t worsen.

The USA Postal Service stated the aggressive turkeys haven’t slowed down mail service within the Crestwood subdivision, nonetheless, they instruct their mail carriers to keep away from areas the place they’re at risk of being attacked by animals.

The USPS issued the next assertion:

“The general purpose of the USA Postal Service is to offer the perfect supply service attainable. We’re additionally aware of the welfare and security of our supply personnel. Subsequently, we instruct our carriers to not enter an space the place there may be the hazard of being attacked by an animal. Animal assaults are traumatic experiences and are fixed hazards to the well-being of our carriers.
Supply service may be briefly withdrawn when animals intervene with our means to finish mail supply. Within the case of untamed animals, we try supply the subsequent enterprise day.”