THANKSGIVING RUNS AFOWL WITH ALL-NEW SPECIAL "WHEN TURKEYS ATTACK" ON DESTINATION AMERICA

(Silver Spring, Md.) - Thanksgiving is a time for families to gather and share their gratitude, but it's a day of resentment for the centerpiece of this holiday meal. Of the 44 million turkeys that grace American tables each year, a disapproving few choose fight over flight as Turkey Day nears. Thankfully, Americans had their cameras rolling.

Featuring home video footage plucked from real families terrorized by turkeys, Destination America's all-new holiday special WHEN TURKEYS ATTACK reveals what happens when turkeys decide their feathers have been ruffled for the last time. From the farmyard to local neighborhoods, turkeys have taken the food chain into their own talons - attacking Americans of all ages who dare to get too close or look at them with hungry eyes. Produced for Destination America by Discovery Studios, WHEN TURKEYS ATTACK premieres Wednesday, November 26 at 10/9c.

"Thanksgiving will never be the same again with turkeys roasting mad and fighting back with their claws out," said Marc Etkind, general manager of Destination America. "WHEN TURKEYS ATTACK is evidence that turkeys have truly turned the tables on Americans. This Thanksgiving, pick your gobbler wisely because they aren't going to the dinner table without a fight."

The turkey attack survivors featured in WHEN TURKEYS ATTACK will never look at Thanksgiving the same as there is no telling what got the turkey's gizzards in a twist, from petting zoo turkeys hot to trot over anyone who gets too close to turkeys that have barricaded people in their homes. Elsewhere across the country, turkeys cause gobbling gridlock, get peckish with pedestrians, and angrily pursue cyclists at an astonishing speed of 20 miles per hour.

Complementing each story in WHEN TURKEYS ATTACK are interviews with turkey enthusiasts of all kinds, including a champion turkey caller, a turkey hunter, a veterinarian, authors, a small animal auctioneer, a wildlife biologist, and even the owner of the Wild West Turkey Stampede, a traveling turkey race show.

WHEN TURKEYS ATTACK is produced by Discovery Studios with Eddie Barbini as executive producer. For Destination America, Caroline Perez is executive producer, Marc Etkind is general manager, and Henry Schleiff is Group President.

About Destination America

Destination America is the only network to celebrate the people, places, and stories of the United States. The inclusive network targeting Adults 25-54 is available in nearly 60 million homes, emblazoning television screens with the grit and tenacity, honesty and work ethic, humor and adventurousness that characterize our nation. Destination America features travel, food, adventure, home, and natural history, with original series like BBQ Pitmasters; A Haunting; Mountain Monsters; Buying Alaska; Buying the Bayou; and Railroad Alaska. For more information, please visit DestinationAmerica.com, facebook.com/DestinationAmerica, or twitter.com/DestAmerica. Destination America is part of Discovery Communications (Nasdaq: DISCA, DISCB, DISCK), the world's #1 nonfiction media company reaching more than 2.7 billion cumulative subscribers in 220 countries and territories.