This Christmas gets Dave the turkey’s vote

Friday 24th December 2010, 1:00PM GMT.

Dave the turkey was saved from the Christmas table because his owner, Alderney man Steve Roberts, could not bring himself to pluck and eat him. Dave is pictured with new love Cheryl. (Picture by Ian Laurence) 1072346

IT HAS certainly been Dave the turkey’s Christmas – first he was saved from the Christmas roast and now he has a new companion, Cheryl.

When Alderney resident Steve Roberts bought Dave last spring, he planned to fatten the bird up to become the centrepiece of his Christmas lunch.

But after months of rearing the bird, Mr Roberts could not bring himself to kill him.

‘He is very friendly,’ he said. ‘He is so tame and curious and will eat out of your hand. I bought him as a poult from Guernsey last spring so I could eat him for Christmas. I never expected to have any problems.’