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Episode: Thanksgiving’s Iconic Bird Is Thriving Again in the Wild
Description: Wild turkeys were once on the brink of disappearing from the U.S.’s forests, with populations dropping to just tens of thousands by the 1930s. Thanks to conservation efforts, their numbers have soared to more than six million today, making them one of the country’s greatest wildlife comeback stories.
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