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FILE - In this April 18, 2016, file photo, Tim the turkey, center, stands next to a cow at the Orange High School farm in Orange, Calif. Two college students have been sentenced for kidnapping the turkey that had to be euthanized this week, five months after being found reeking of beer with a broken toe. Steven Koressel and Richard Melbye were sentenced to one year of probation Thursday, Sept. 1, 2016, after pleading guilty to entering an animal enclosure without consent. (Sam Gangwer/The Orange County Register via AP, File) MANDATORY CREDIT (AP)

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