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Of all the complications of living in New York City, you might not imagine wild turkeys making the list.

But for years, growing flocks of them have held sway in a section of Staten Island where every day is turkey day.

While most Americans wrestle with a turkey only on Thanksgiving — brining, basting and broiling a frozen version of the species — residents here tangle with them year-round: on lawns, wandering the streets, roosting on parked cars.

But soon Staten Island’s wild turkeys will roam here no more. They, however, will meet a far more pleasant fate than their dining-table-bound counterparts.