An unidentified White House staffer corrals 'Pumpkin' the turkey prior to the Pardoning of the National Thanksgiving Turkey ceremony, Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2008, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington.
Pumpkin, the 2008 national Thanksgiving turkey, is pictured before being pardoned by U.S. President George W. Bush during a ceremony in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, November 26, 2008.
"Pumpkin", the National Thanksgiving Turkey, is surrounded by the media moments before U.S. President George W. Bush pardons him in the Rose Garden of the White House, November 26, 2008. Pumpkin will travel to Disneyland later today to participate in the Thanksgiving Day Parade in California.