PETA Claims Pardoned Thanksgiving Turkeys Living In "Sub-standard" Conditions Officially demonstrating that they are on the marginal fringe of rationality, PETA ( People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) sent a letter Wednesday to President Bush, saying the turkeys he pardoned the past two years as a Thanksgiving tradition are living in "substandard conditions." The group claimed the birds were shivering in a shed without enough food and water at Frying Pan Park, a tourism farm in Herndon, Va. "One would think that two animals that had been pardoned by the leader of the free world could be given better accommodations," wrote Bruce G. Friedrich, head of PETA's outreach program. Friedrich asked Bush to seek improvements to the barns and care for the animals. Article Here