Overview
- Dave Brooker, 59, says he will skip a traditional turkey meal and spend the holiday with his pet turkey, Trouble Version Two (T2).
- He plans to eat at his mum’s and then take home trimmings to share with T2, who favors mince pies and the outer leaves of brussels sprouts and is sometimes treated to a Guinness.
- Brooker stopped eating turkey after bonding with T2 and went fully meat-free two years ago, saying he would feel guilty eating turkey now.
- T2 is a familiar sight around Maidstone and Wouldham in Kent, joining Brooker at the White Horse pub, in his car, and even at dental appointments.
- Brooker, an online order picker for Tesco, says he pushed T2 in a pram during a Christmas Day Parkrun last year, which he believes may have been a first for a turkey.