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In a file photo, a group of wild turkeys feed on the grass in the median of Scenic Drive near Route 29 in Mercer County.

(Cie Stroud/The Times)

MONTGOMERY — A pair of wild turkeys that had been acting aggressively toward workers at a Montgomery office complex and disrupting traffic on Route 206 were shot and killed last week by a state Division of Fish and Wildlife official, according to a report on centraljersey.com.

The state Department of Environmental Protection's Division of Fish and Wildlife sent an official to the Montgomery Commons complex after receiving a request for assistance from the local police, according to the report. The wild turkeys had caused traffic problems on Route 206 on Feb. 8 and 9, police told centraljersey.com, the online home of the Princeton Packet.

A DEP spokesman said the wild turkeys were shot after they went after the Fish and Wildlife official's car and continued to act aggressively, preventing the use of a net to capture them, the report said.

The DEP estimates that there are 20,000 to 23,000 wild turkeys in New Jersey. Turkey hunts are held in the spring and fall in New Jersey each year for licensed hunters.

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