Turkeys have come to town, but they aren’t always great neighbors

Turkeys have come to town, but they aren’t always great neighbors

By Carol Thompson, MediaNews Group Emboldened wild turkeys have become such a nuisance in some Metro Detroit communities that a high-tech solution is underway to help. It looks like a dog and barks like a dog, but isn’t a dog. It’s a robot designed to stop turkeys from terrorizing University of Michigan students. Rather, it will be. The robot is still under development by UM mechanical engineering students working with the Michigan Department of…