Naughty turkey who chased Wisconsin boy caught, police say

Smoke to be relocated to wild, officials say

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A turkey who was caught on tape chasing a boy earlier this week in Brown County has been caught, police said.

On Tuesday, video of a boy wearing a red backpack running in a bike lane in Ashwaubenon from a turkey that was hot on his trail went viral. The video shows a silver SUV pulling in between the turkey and the boy, cutting the fowl footer off from his target.

On Friday, Ashwaubenon Public Safety officials said the turkey, who is commonly known as Smoke, was captured at about 10:15 a.m. by the USDA wildlife biologists.

Smoke was captured humanely and wasn’t injured, public safety officials said.

Ashwaubenon Public Safety said the USDA and local DNR told them they would relocate Smoke to an undisclosed wildlife area “to allow him to live freely in the wild with other turkeys.”

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