Turkey 'Pardoned' by Obama in 2011 Dies at Mount Vernon

'Peace' was euthanized Monday days before 2012's turkeys arrived, CNN reported.

A year after President Obama pardoned him, turkey "Peace" died earlier this week at Mount Vernon, CNN reported. The turkey, one of two pardoned by Obama in 2011, was living at Mount Vernon. (Peace was the "understudy" to the 2011 turkey, "Liberty" who is still living at Mount Vernon.) The turkeys, both from Willmar, Minn., were named by Minnesota schoolchildren, according to a report from the Star Tribune. According to news reports, Peace was euthanized on the advice of a veterinarian in consultation with staffmembers at Mount Vernon after a weekend illness. The 500-acre estate is home to a menagerie of "heritage breed" animals. "I know that it was done in a humane manner but I don't know the mechanics," Rebecca Aloisi, vice president for …

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