A Pardons Process for a Moose: Animal Trials

There is a humorous tradition in Washington DC that involves a pardons process by the President for one turkey at Thanksgiving. The bird, which is donated by a hatchery, is introduced to the President, who gives it a last-minute reprieve and sends it to live out its life in a petting zoo or sanctuary. Recently, Pete the Moose, who had been raised on an elk farm in Vermont, was the subject of his own "pardons process" when Governor Peter Shumlin gave ownership of the moose to the farm; normally,

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